os|ti|ar|y

os|ti|ar|y «OS tee _EHR ee», noun, plural -ar|ies.

1. a doorkeeper, especially of a church.

2. in the Roman Catholic Church: a) the lowest of the four minor orders. b) a person ordained in this order.

╂[< Latin ōstiārius < ōstium door, opening, related to ōs mouth]