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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

OS'TIARY, n. [L. ostium, mouth.] The mouth or opening by which a river discharges its waters into the sea, or into a lake.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church [syn: doorkeeper, ostiary, ostiarius]
2: someone who guards an entrance [syn: doorkeeper, doorman, door guard, hall porter, porter, gatekeeper, ostiary]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ostiary Os"ti*a*ry, n.; pl. -ries. [L. ostium door, entrance. See Usher.] 1. The mouth of a river; an estuary. [R.] --Sir T. Browne. 2. One who keeps the door, especially the door of a church; a porter. --N. Bacon.