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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Ostiary \Os"ti*a*ry\, n.; pl. -ries. [L. ostium door,
     entrance. See Usher.]
     1. The mouth of a river; an estuary. [R.] --Sir T. Browne.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. One who keeps the door, especially the door of a church; a
        porter. --N. Bacon.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  ostiary
       n 1: the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed
            Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic
            Church [syn: doorkeeper, ostiarius]
       2: someone who guards an entrance [syn: doorkeeper, doorman,
           door guard, hall porter, porter, gatekeeper]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

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

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

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

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

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

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

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

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

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