† vergerern.
Obsolete.
= verger n.2 1. Obsolete.
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vergerc1402
vergerer1572
virgerer1581
virgifer1629
virger1671
wandsman1865
society > authority > office > holder of office > ceremonial officials > [noun] > usher > bearing a rod or staff
vergerc1402
vergerer1572
virgifer1629
virger1671
stavesman1786
wand-bearer1840
1572 J. Field & T. Wilcox Admon. to Parl. sig. D Cathedrall churches, wher master Deane,..pentioners, readers, vergerirs .&c. liue in great idlenesse.
1617 J. Minsheu Ἡγεμὼν είς τὰς γλῶσσας: Ductor in Linguas (at cited word) Vergerers..be such, as carry Virgas, i. roddes before the Iustices of either banck, &c.
1676 A. Wood Life & Times (1892) II. 362 His father was vergerer of Westminster.
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vergerership1485
vergership1485
1485 Rolls of Parl. VI. 347/2 The Office of Vergerarshipp of Wyndesore.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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