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Noun Concept

Categories: Minor orders, Ecclesiastical titles, long volume value, Articles incorporating text from the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia with Wikisource reference, Articles with short description

doorkeeper ostiary ostiarius

The lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church WordNet 3.0

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The lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

An ostiarius, a Latin word sometimes anglicized as ostiary but often literally translated as porter or doorman, originally was a servant or guard posted at the entrance of a building. Wikipedia

Profession Wikidata

The person in charge of an entryway, sometimes just a doorman, sometimes something more. Wiktionary

Person in charge of an entryway. Wiktionary (translation)

One who keeps the door, especially the door of a church; a porter. Wiktionary

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clergyman

Holy Order

minor orders

WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

doorkeeper, ostiary, ostiarius

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ostiarius