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Holy Order vs ostiary

ostiary vs Holy Order

Holy Order and ostiary both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
Holy Order Yes No No No
ostiary Yes No No No
As nouns, ostiary is a hyponym of Holy Order; that is, ostiary is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than Holy Order:
  • Holy Order: (usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy
  • ostiary: the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church
Other hyponyms of Holy Order include acolyte, anagnost, deacon, doorkeeper, ostiarius, exorcist, lector, reader, priest, subdeacon.
Holy Order (noun) ostiary (noun)
(usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy someone who guards an entrance
the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church
Difference between Holy Order and ostiary

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