verger
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verger (plural vergers)
- (mostly British) A lay person who takes care of the interior of a church and acts as an attendant during services, where he or she carries the verge (or virge). An usher; in major ecclesiastical landmarks, a tour guide. In the United States, the office is generally combined with that of sexton.
- 1857 ‘We have often seen each other,’ said Little Dorrit, recognising the sexton, or the beadle, or the verger, or whatever he was, ‘when I have been at church here.’ — Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit, Book 1, Chapter 14.
6 letters in word "verger": E E G R R V.
No anagrams for verger found in this word list.
Words found within verger:
ee eger er ere erg err eve ever gee gere gree greve re ree reg rev vee veer veg verge