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reverend vs ostiary

ostiary vs reverend

reverend and ostiary both are nouns.

reverend is an adjective but ostiary is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
reverend Yes Yes No No
ostiary Yes No No No
As nouns, ostiary is a hyponym of reverend; that is, ostiary is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than reverend:
  • reverend: a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church
  • ostiary: the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church
Other hyponyms of reverend include acolyte, anagnost, archdeacon, chaplain, churchman, cleric, divine, ecclesiastic, curate, minister, minister of religion, parson, pastor, rector, deacon, domine, dominee, dominie, dominus, doorkeeper, ostiarius, lector, reader, officiant, ordinand, ordinary, postulator, preacher, preacher man, sermoniser, sermonizer, priest, shepherd, subdeacon, vicar, vicar.
reverend (noun) ostiary (noun)
a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church 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
reverend (adjective) ostiary (adjective)
worthy of adoration or reverence
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