1. (

• usher ,
• doorkeeper ,

) an official stationed at the entrance of a courtroom or legislative chamber ;

2. (

• doorkeeper ,
• ostiary ,
• ostiarius

) the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church ;

3. (

• doorkeeper ,
• doorman ,
• door_guard ,
• hall_porter ,
• porter ,
• gatekeeper ,
• ostiary

) someone who guards an entrance ;