noun
- The lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church.
- synonyms: doorkeeper, ostiarius
- Someone who guards an entrance.
- synonyms: doorkeeper, doorman, door guard, hall porter, porter, gatekeeper
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