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Definition of 'ostiary' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) doorkeeper, ostiary, ostiarius
the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church

2. (noun) doorkeeper, doorman, door guard, hall porter, porter, gatekeeper, ostiary
someone who guards an entrance

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