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• VERGER (ALE. vergere; O. Fr. vergier; Med. Lat. virgarius, one who bears a rod or staff, an apparitor; Lat. virga, rod)

VERGER (See also:

• ALE

ALE. vergere; O. Fr. vergier; Med. See also:

• LAT

Lat. virgarius, one who bears a See also:

• ROD (O.E. rodd, probably related to Norw. rudda, stick, rodda, stake)
• ROD, EDOUARD (1857-1910)

rod or See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff, an See also:

• APPARITOR, or APPARATOR (Latin for a servant of a public official, from apparere, to attend in public)

apparitor; Lat. virga, rod)  , one who carries a " See also:

• VERGE (Lat. virga, a rod)

verge " or See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff of See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal use of the See also:

• TERM

term is ecclesiastical, and refers to the See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person who carries a staff as a See also:

• SYMBOL (Gr. o-uµ(3oXov, a sign)

symbol of office before a See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop or other See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church dignitary when taking See also:

• PART

part in a service, especially one held in a See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral . The word has thus come to mean in See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general usage an See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official caretaker of any See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of See also:

• WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

worship whose See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty it is to show the See also:

• BUILDING

building to those who wish to view it, and to find seats for the See also:

• CONGREGATION (Lat. congregatio, a gathering together, from cum, with, grex, gregis, a flock, herd)

congregation at a service .