Crossword clues for ostiary
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
n. 1 The mouth of a river; an estuary. 2 One who keeps the door, especially the door of a church; a porter.
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]
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.