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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Doorkeeper \Door"keep`er\, n. One who guards the entrance of a house or apartment; a porter; a janitor. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: doorkeeper n 1: an official doorkeeper as in a courtroom or legislative chamber [syn: {usher}] 2: someone who guards the entrance to a building [syn: {doorman}, {door guard}, {hall porter}, {porter}, {gatekeeper}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Door-keeper This word is used in Ps 84:10 (R.V. marg., "stand at the threshold of," etc.), but there it signifies properly "sitting at the threshold in the house of God." The psalmist means that he would rather stand at the door of God's house and merely look in than dwell in houses where iniquity prevailed. Persons were appointed to keep the street door leading into the interior of the house (John 18:16, 17; Acts 12:13). Sometimes females held this post
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