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ostiary

os·tiary

UK/ˈɒsti.əɹi/ US/ˈɒst͡ʃəɹi/ uncommon archaic

noun

1.

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

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Origin

Borrowed from Latin ostiārius, from ostium (“door, entrance”). See usher, which may be a doublet.

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