Definitions for vergerˈvɜr dʒər
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
verg•er*ˈvɜr dʒər(n.)
a church official who serves as an attendant and caretaker.
Category: Religion, British
an official who carries the verge before a bishop, dean, or other dignitary.
Category: British
* Chiefly Brit..
Origin of verger:
1425–75
Princeton's WordNet
verger(noun)
a church officer who takes care of the interior of the building and acts as an attendant (carries the verge) during ceremonies
Wiktionary
verger(Noun)
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 u2018We have often seen each other,u2019 said Little Dorrit, recognising the sexton, or the beadle, or the verger, or whatever he was, u2018when I have been at church here.u2019 u2014 Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit, Book 1, Chapter 14.
Webster Dictionary
Verger(noun)
one who carries a verge, or emblem of office
Verger(noun)
an attendant upon a dignitary, as on a bishop, a dean, a justice, etc
Verger(noun)
the official who takes care of the interior of a church building
Verger(noun)
a garden or orchard
Translations for verger
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
- boordAfrikaans
- بُسْتان فَواكِهArabic
- овощна градинаBulgarian
- pomarPortuguese (BR)
- sadCzech
- der ObstgartenGerman
- frugthave; plantageDanish
- οπωρώνας, περιβόλι με οπωροφόραGreek
- huertoSpanish
- (puuvilja)aedEstonian
- باغFarsi
- hedelmätarhaFinnish
- vergerFrench
- מַטָע, פַּרדֵסHebrew
- बाग, फलोद्यानHindi
- voćnjakCroatian
- gyümölcsös(kert)Hungarian
- kebun buahIndonesian
- aldingarðurIcelandic
- fruttetoItalian
- 果樹園Japanese
- 과수원Korean
- sodasLithuanian
- augļu dārzsLatvian
- dusunMalay
- boomgaardDutch
- frukthageNorwegian
- sadPolish
- باغPersian
- بڼPashto
- pomarPortuguese
- livadăRomanian
- фруктовый садRussian
- sadSlovak
- sadovnjakSlovenian
- voćnjakSerbian
- fruktträdgårdSwedish
- สวนผลไม้Thai
- meyve bahçesiTurkish
- 果園Chinese (Trad.)
- фруктовий садUkrainian
- باغيچہUrdu
- vườn cây ăn quảVietnamese
- 果园Chinese (Simp.)
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