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1. context|mostly|UK 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 �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.� � Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit, s:Little Dorrit/Book 1/Chapter 14|Book 1, Chapter 14.

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