"ostiary" meaning in All languages combined

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  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "the river of Nilus hath seven ostiaries, that is, by seven channels disburdened itself into the sea",
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        "The mouth of a river; an estuary."
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        "(archaic) The mouth of a river; an estuary."
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          "text": "So arrayed I stepped at last from my door and was saluted as before by my monstrous ostiaries.",
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        "One who keeps the door, especially the door of a church; a porter."
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      "ipa": "/ˈɒsti.əɹi/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈɒst͡ʃəɹi/"
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