OSTIARIUS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

doorkeeper; ostiarius; ostiary

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("ostiarius" is a kind of...):

clergyman; man of the cloth; reverend (a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church)

Holy Order; Order ((usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy)