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Order vs ostiary

ostiary vs Order

Order and ostiary both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
Order Yes No No No
ostiary Yes No No No
As nouns, ostiary is a hyponym of Order; that is, ostiary is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than Order:
  • 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 Order include acolyte, anagnost, deacon, doorkeeper, ostiarius, exorcist, lector, reader, priest, subdeacon.
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 Order and ostiary

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