单词 | ostiary |
释义 | ostiary (once / 1074483 pages) 1n 2n WORD FAMILY ostiary: ostiaries USAGE EXAMPLESIn the decline of his popularity he permitted his door-keeper, whom he dignifies with the title of Ostiary, to take a shilling! Disraeli, Isaac, Calamities and Quarrels of Authors(2010) 1 n the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church 2Syn|Hyper doorkeeper, ostiarius clergyman, man of the cloth, reverend a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church Holy Order, Order(usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy n someone who guards an entrance Syn|Hypo|Hyper door guard, doorkeeper, doorman, gatekeeper, hall porter, porter commissionaire a uniformed doorman night portera porter on duty during the night ticket collector, ticket takersomeone who is paid to admit only those who have purchased tickets guard a person who keeps watch over something or someone |
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