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
To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of
understanding; one must use the same words for the same
genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's
experiences in common.