verger

Definition

One who carries a verge, or emblem of office.

Etymology

From verge (“rod”) + -er.

Example Sentences

• ""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.""
• "As soon as we were all in the night the verger rolled shut the doors and blotted out the chandeliers."
• "When she came to her place she opened the book, and perused it, and saw the pictures, but frowned and blushed; and then shut it, (of which several took notice,) and calling the verger, bade him bring her the old book, wherein she was formerly wont to read."