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Verger
Assistant in church services / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Verger (disambiguation).
A verger (or virger, so called after the staff of the office, or wandsman in British English, though archaic)[1] is a person, usually a layperson, who assists in the ordering of religious services, particularly in Anglican churches.
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