Obs.–1 [? a. AF. vergiere (Gower). A rod carried as a symbol of office; = VERGE sb.1 4 a.

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1547.  in Strype, Eccl. Mem. (1721), II. App. A. 10. Then came the sergeant of the vestry with his verger, and after him the cros, with the children [etc.].

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1647.  Hexham, I. A Verger, een roedeken.

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