Hyphenation of ostiary

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word ostiary? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

os-tiary

Definitions of ostiary:

1.	The lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church
2.	Someone who guards an entrance

Synonyms of ostiary:

noun	doorkeeper, ostiarius, clergyman, reverend, man of the cloth, holy order, order
noun	doorkeeper, doorman, door guard, hall porter, porter, gatekeeper, guard

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.