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ostiary


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 




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