Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.
Source : WordNet®
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}]