† ˈvergerer Obs.
Also 5 vergerar-.
[Extended f. verger2 1: see -er1 3.]
= verger2 1. Hence † vergerership. Obs.
| 1485 Rolls of Parlt. VI. 347/2 The Office of Vergerarshipp of Wyndesore. 1566 tr. Beza's Admon. to Parlt. D j, Cathedrall churches, where master Deane,..pentioners, readers, vergerirs, &c. liue in great idlenesse. 1617 Minsheu Ductor s.v., Vergerers..be such, as carry Virgas, i. roddes before the Iustices of either banck, &c. 1676 Wood Life (O.H.S.) II. 362 His father was vergerer of Westminster. |