Usually means: Church official assisting with ceremonies.
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  1. verger: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. verger: Merriam-Webster
  3. verger: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. verger: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. verger: Collins English Dictionary
  6. verger: Vocabulary.com
  7. Verger, verger: Wordnik
  8. verger: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. verger: Wiktionary
  10. verger: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. verger: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. verger: Dictionary.com
  13. Verger (disambiguation), Verger: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Verger: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. verger: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. verger: Rhymezone
  17. Verger, verger (m): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. verger: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. Verger: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  20. verger: FreeDictionary.org
  21. verger: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  22. verger: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. verger: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. VERGER, VERGER, VERGER: Terminology and Descriptions of Geneaological Words

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noun:  One who carries a verge, or emblem of office.
noun:  (chiefly UK, Ireland, Christianity) 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). In the United States, the office is generally combined with that of sexton.
noun:  (chiefly UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, Christianity) An usher; also, in major ecclesiastical landmarks, a tour guide.
noun:  (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) An attendant upon a dignitary, such as a bishop or dean, a justice, etc.

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