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Answer for the clue "Doorkeeper ", 7 letters:
ostiary

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Word definitions for ostiary in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church [syn: doorkeeper , ostiarius ] someone who guards an entrance [syn: doorkeeper , doorman , door guard , hall porter , porter , gatekeeper ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ostiary \Os"ti*a*ry\, n.; pl. -ries . [L. ostium door, entrance. See Usher .] The mouth of a river; an estuary. [R.] --Sir T. Browne. One who keeps the door, especially the door of a church; a porter. --N. Bacon.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The mouth of a river; an estuary. 2 One who keeps the door, especially the door of a church; a porter.

Usage examples of ostiary.

The ostiary went back a long step, straightened, turned and marched out of the room.

They were all there in the darkness, hundreds of the priests and acolytes and exorcists and ostiaries and worshipers.