noun, plural os·ti·ar·ies.
- 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).
- a doorkeeper, as of a church.
noun plural -aries
- RC Church another word for porter 2 (def. 4)