Associations to the word «Ostiary»
Wiktionary
OSTIARY, noun. The mouth of a river; an estuary.
OSTIARY, noun. One who keeps the door, especially the door of a church; a porter.
Dictionary definition
OSTIARY, noun. The lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church.
OSTIARY, noun. Someone who guards an entrance.
Wise words
One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and
in fewer words than prose.