Verger
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Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) One who carries a verge, or emblem of office.
(2): ( n.) An attendant upon a dignitary, as on a bishop, a dean, a justice, etc.
(3): ( n.) The official who takes care of the interior of a church building.
(4): ( n.) A garden or orchard.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
(viagifer, bastinarius) is an officer of the Church of England and Continental churches, who carries the verge (q.v.) before the bishop, dean, or other dignitary. On the Continent they are sometimes fantastically dressed.
