verger

verger

1. hedelmätarha

Synonyymisanakirja

verger

holhooja, talonmies, hoitaja, kirkon työntekijä, suntio.

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penger, suojapenger, rantapenger, tiepenger, jokipenger, tienpenger, laaksopenger...

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Englannin sanakirja

verger englanniksi

1. One who carries a verge, or emblem of office.

2. puhekieltä 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.

3. (RQ:Dickens Little Dorrit)

‘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.’

4. 1942, (w), (w), “The Blessing,”^{http://www.gutenberg.net.au/ebooks04/0400201.txt}

As soon as we were all in the night the verger rolled shut the doors and blotted out the chandeliers.

5. puhekieltä An attendant upon a dignitary, such as a bishop or dean, a justice, etc.

6. 1725, (w), Annals of the Reformation and Establishment of Religion, and Other Various Occurrences in the Church of England, during Queen Elizabeth’s Happy Reign, Oxford: Clarendon, 1824, Vol. I, Part I, Chapter 23, p. 408,^{https://archive.org/details/annalsofrefor01pt1stryuoft}

When she came to her place she opened the book, and perused it, and saw the pictures, but frowned and blushed; and then shut it, (of which several took notice,) and calling the verger, bade him bring her the old book, wherein she was formerly wont to read.

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