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verger

/vur-jer/US // ˈvɜr dʒər //UK // (ˈvɜːdʒə) //

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Chiefly British. a church official who serves as sacristan, caretaker, usher, and general attendant.
    • : British. an official who carries the verge or other symbol of office before a bishop, dean, or other dignitary.

Examples

  • Rob Verger on one of the ugliest periods of South American history.

  • Robert Verger talks to disappointed Muggles about missing the finale.

  • Rob Verger asks foreign policy experts if no-fly zones work.

  • Rob Verger is a former writing instructor at Columbia University, and his work has also appeared in The Boston Globe.

  • Our verger and odd man about the church at Y—— (we took him over from our predecessor) could not read.

  • Not to the verger himself had her manner been more cool and detached, but Dane showed no sign of dissatisfaction.

  • Presently the verger came out of the vestry-room, followed by two gentlemen.

  • Something in the scornful accent and the deep voice aroused the suspicions of the verger, though the words were spoken in English.

  • The Owl took her, instead, to Westminster Abbey, and offered explanations after the manner of a verger.