Verger in a sentence

Verger meaning

1. One who carries a verge, or emblem of office.
2. 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.
3. An usher; also, in major ecclesiastical landmarks, a tour guide.

Using Verger

• The main meaning on this page is: One who carries a verge, or emblem of office. | 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. | An usher; also, in major ecclesiastical landmarks, a tour guide.
• Useful related words include: church officer, caretaker.
• In the example corpus, verger often appears in combinations such as: head verger, verger at.

Context around Verger

• Average sentence length in these examples: 18 words
• Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 1 end
• Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

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Corpus analysis for Verger

• In this selection, "verger" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 18 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
• Around the word, head and lity stand out and add context to how "verger" is used.
• Recognizable usage signals include the head verger at york and was head verger at winchester. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
• By corpus frequency, "verger" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.