HyperDic: ostiarius

English > 1 sense of the word ostiarius:
NOUNperson ostiarius, doorkeeper, ostiarythe lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church
English > ostiarius: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningThe lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church.
Synonymsdoorkeeper, ostiary
BroaderHoly Order, Order(usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy
clergyman, reverend, man of the clothA member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church
Spanishostiario, ostiarius
Catalanostiarius

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