What does ostiary mean?
Ostiary means (archaic) The mouth of a river; an estuary..
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/ˈɒsti.əɹi/ · noun
(archaic) The mouth of a river; an estuary..
the river of Nilus hath seven ostiaries, that is, by seven channels disburdened itself into the sea
They had other inferiour degrees of the Clergy, vvhich becauſe they are meerly ſubſervient, and not conſiderable in Church-government, I ſhall onely touch upon them. […] Laſtly, Oſtiaries; vvhich uſed to ring the bells, and open and ſhut the Church-doores.
So arrayed I stepped at last from my door and was saluted as before by my monstrous ostiaries.
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Ostiary means (archaic) The mouth of a river; an estuary..
Common synonyms include ostiarius.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
the river of Nilus hath seven ostiaries, that is, by seven channels disburdened itself into the sea
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