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ostiary vs Order

Order vs ostiary

ostiary and Order both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
ostiary Yes No No No
Order Yes No No No
As nouns, Order is a hypernym of ostiary; that is, Order is a word with a broader meaning than ostiary:
  • ostiary: the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church
  • Order: (usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy
Other hypernyms of ostiary include clergyman, man of the cloth, reverend, Holy Order.
ostiary (noun) Order (noun)
someone who guards an entrance (usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy
the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church
Difference between ostiary and Order

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