NOUN | person | ostiarius, doorkeeper, ostiary | the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church |
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Meaning | The lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church. | |
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Synonyms | doorkeeper, ostiary | |
Broader | Holy Order, Order | (usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy |
clergyman, reverend, man of the cloth | A member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church | |
Spanish | ostiario, ostiarius | |
Catalan | ostiarius |
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