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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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