Definitions for ostiaries

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ostiaries os·ti·ar·y

Spelling: [os-tee-er-ee]

IPA: /ˈɒs tiˌɛr i/

Ostiaries is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 443 anagrams from letters in ostiaries (aeiiorsst).

Definitions for ostiaries

noun

1. Also called doorkeeper, porter. Roman Catholic Church. a member of the lowest-ranking of the four minor orders. the order itself. Compare acolyte (def 2), exorcist (def 2), lector (def 2).
2. a doorkeeper, as of a church.

Origin of ostiaries

1400-50; late Middle English hostiary Latin ōstiārius doorkeeper, equivalent to ōsti(um) door, entrance (see ostium) + -ārius -ary

Examples for ostiaries

In the decline of his popularity he permitted his door-keeper, whom he dignifies with the title of ostiary, to take a shilling!