| NOUN | person | ostiary, doorkeeper, ostiarius | the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church |
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| person | ostiary, doorkeeper, doorman, door guard, hall porter, porter, gatekeeper | someone who guards / guards an entrance |
| 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, ostiarius | |
| 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 | |
| Meaning | someone who guards / guards an entrance. | |
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| Synonyms | doorkeeper, doorman, door guard, hall porter, porter, gatekeeper | |
| Narrower | commissionaire | A uniformed doorman |
| night porter | A porter on duty during the night | |
| ticket collector, ticket taker | someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchased tickets | |
| Broader | guard | A person who keeps watch over something or someone |
| Spanish | conserje, guardabarrera, ostiario, portero | |
| Catalan | conserge, ostiario, porter | |
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