† vergern.¹

Forms: Also Middle English vergere, vergier, Scottish virger.

Etymology: < Old French verger (11th cent.; so in modern French), vergier (12th cent.; = Provençal vergier) < Latin virdiārium, viridiārium (also viridārium), < viridis green.

Obsolete.

A garden or orchard; a pleasure-garden.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > garden > [noun]

leightonc950

orchardOE

garden1279

yard1390

vergera1400

smelling cheat1567

garden ground1577

gardenage1600

smeller1610

viridary1657

viridariumc1660

gardening1682

greenery1783

a1400 Seuyn Sag. 167 Thai wolde make a riche halle, Withouten Rome, in on verger..bi o riuer.

c1400 Rom. Rose 3831 Why hast thou ben so necligent, To kepen..This verger heere left in thi warde?

1480 W. Caxton tr. Ovid Metamorphoses xiv. xii To wede and pyk oute alle the evyl herbes and wedes out of her verger or gardyn.

a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xix. 310 Merlin lete rere a vergier, where-ynne was all maner of fruyt and alle maner of flowres.

?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) Prol. l. 44 in Shorter Poems (1967) 10 The gershoppers amangis the vergers gnappit.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

vergern.²

Brit.

/ˈvəːdʒə/, U.S.

/ˈvərdʒər/

Forms: Also 1600s vierger.

Etymology: probably < Anglo-Norman *verger, < verge verge n.¹ Compare Old French vergiere (vergeur ) gauger, vergier maker of rings, obsolete French verger verger (Cotgrave); also medieval Latin virgārius , and virger n.

a. An official who carries a rod or similar symbol of office before the dignitaries of a cathedral, church, or university (†or before justices).

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > laity > lay functionaries > verger > [noun]

vergerc1402

vergerer1572

virgerer1581

virgifer1629

virger1671

wandsman1865

society > authority > office > holder of office > ceremonial officials > [noun] > usher > bearing a rod or staff

vergerc1402

vergerer1572

virgifer1629

virger1671

stavesman1786

wand-bearer1840

c1402 in Peterborough Registry (MS.) f. 457 Officium hostiarii, alias dictum verger, in eodem [collegio de Wyndesore] vacans.

1472–3 Rolls of Parl. VI. 48/1 Howe that Henr' late Duke of Lancastr'..founded..a Churche..of a Deane,..vi Choresters, and a Verger perpetuell.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 284/2 Verger that bereth a rodde in the churche, sergent de lesglise.

c1549 in H. J. F. Swayne Churchwardens' Accts. Sarum (1896) 75 To Thomas Johnson y^e verger at owr ladye churche.

1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Yyy2/1 Vergers..be such as cary white wands before the Iustices of either banke, &c...otherwise called Porters of the verge.

1631 B. Jonson Divell is Asse iv. iv. 209 in Wks. II I must walke With the French sticke, like an old vierger for you.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 197/1 The Verger [of the Cathedral Church] is a Man in a Gown..whose Office it is to conduct the Reader to his place [etc.].

1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV Notes 117 The Emperor..taking a wand in his hand, officiated as verger,..preceding the pontiff to the altar.

1846 W. F. Hook Church Dict. (ed. 5) 900 Verger,..he who carries the mace before the dean in a cathedral or collegiate church.

1854 W. F. Hook Church Dict. (ed. 7) 782 Verger. An officer with a similar title precedes the vice-chancellor in the English universities.

1867 A. Trollope Last Chron. Barset II. xlix. 59 For nearly a week..he had been unable to face the minor canon and the vergers.

attributive.c1530 in J. Gutch Collectanea Curiosa (1781) II. 340 Item oone Verger Rodde of silvar parcel gilte.1546 in W. Page Inventories Church Goods York, Durham & Northumberland (1897) 137 Two verger rodys of sylver.in extended use.?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) xii. 555 This by Calypso, I was told, and she Inform'd it, from the verger Mercurie.

b. One whose duty it is to take care of the interior of a church, and to act as attendant.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > laity > lay functionaries > caretaker > [noun]

servitorc1600

verger1707

mansionary1711

1707 G. Farquhar Beaux Stratagem ii. 15 Then I, Sir, tips me the Verger with half a Crown.

1784 Gentleman's Mag. May 349/1 I felt a secret satisfaction on visiting..the tombs in Westminster Abbey, that the verger no longer amuses the gaping vulgar [etc.].

1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 258 The parish clerk bowed low before him [sc. the squire] and the vergers humbled themselves unto the dust in his presence.

1861 Sat. Rev. 30 Nov. 568 How splendid an opportunity for architectural study is afforded by the Abbey, if only the vergers would allow any one to enjoy it.

1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet I. viii. 182 The beadles and vergers..curtsied to the quality and remained behind for doles.

†2. (See quot. 1469) Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > [noun] > minstrel > leader of

verger1469

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > minstrelsy > [noun] > minstrel > leader of

verger1469

1469 Liber Niger in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 48 Mynstrelles, xiii, whereof one is verger that directeth them all in festivall dayes to theyre stations, to bloweings, pipynges [etc.].

Derivatives

ˈvergerless adj. unaccompanied by a verger.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > laity > lay functionaries > verger > [adjective] > unaccompanied by

vergerless1886

1886 J. J. Hissey On Box Seat 167 The cathedral, over which we were considerately allowed to ramble vergerless, much to our enjoyment.

ˈvergership n. the office of a verger.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > laity > lay functionaries > verger > [noun] > office of

vergerership1485

vergership1485

1485 Rolls of Parl. VI. 383/2 The Office of our Sergeauntship at Armes, and..the Office of Vergership of Wyndesore.

1871 Daily News 12 Aug. The Vergership in St. Paul's Cathedral, vacant by the death of Mr. Cummings.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	verger
释义	† vergern.¹ Forms: Also Middle English vergere, vergier, Scottish virger. Etymology: < Old French verger (11th cent.; so in modern French), vergier (12th cent.; = Provençal vergier) < Latin virdiārium, viridiārium (also viridārium), < viridis green. Obsolete. A garden or orchard; a pleasure-garden. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > garden > [noun] leightonc950 orchardOE garden1279 yard1390 vergera1400 smelling cheat1567 garden ground1577 gardenage1600 smeller1610 viridary1657 viridariumc1660 gardening1682 greenery1783 a1400 Seuyn Sag. 167 Thai wolde make a riche halle, Withouten Rome, in on verger..bi o riuer. c1400 Rom. Rose 3831 Why hast thou ben so necligent, To kepen..This verger heere left in thi warde? 1480 W. Caxton tr. Ovid Metamorphoses xiv. xii To wede and pyk oute alle the evyl herbes and wedes out of her verger or gardyn. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xix. 310 Merlin lete rere a vergier, where-ynne was all maner of fruyt and alle maner of flowres. ?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) Prol. l. 44 in Shorter Poems (1967) 10 The gershoppers amangis the vergers gnappit. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2021). vergern.² Brit. /ˈvəːdʒə/, U.S. /ˈvərdʒər/ Forms: Also 1600s vierger. Etymology: probably < Anglo-Norman verger, < verge* verge n.¹ Compare Old French vergiere (vergeur ) gauger, vergier maker of rings, obsolete French verger verger (Cotgrave); also medieval Latin virgārius , and virger n. 1. a. An official who carries a rod or similar symbol of office before the dignitaries of a cathedral, church, or university (†or before justices). ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > laity > lay functionaries > verger > [noun] vergerc1402 vergerer1572 virgerer1581 virgifer1629 virger1671 wandsman1865 society > authority > office > holder of office > ceremonial officials > [noun] > usher > bearing a rod or staff vergerc1402 vergerer1572 virgifer1629 virger1671 stavesman1786 wand-bearer1840 c1402 in Peterborough Registry (MS.) f. 457 Officium hostiarii, alias dictum verger, in eodem [collegio de Wyndesore] vacans. 1472–3 Rolls of Parl. VI. 48/1 Howe that Henr' late Duke of Lancastr'..founded..a Churche..of a Deane,..vi Choresters, and a Verger perpetuell. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 284/2 Verger that bereth a rodde in the churche, sergent de lesglise. c1549 in H. J. F. Swayne Churchwardens' Accts. Sarum (1896) 75 To Thomas Johnson y^e verger at owr ladye churche. 1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Yyy2/1 Vergers..be such as cary white wands before the Iustices of either banke, &c...otherwise called Porters of the verge. 1631 B. Jonson Divell is Asse iv. iv. 209 in Wks. II I must walke With the French sticke, like an old vierger for you. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 197/1 The Verger [of the Cathedral Church] is a Man in a Gown..whose Office it is to conduct the Reader to his place [etc.]. 1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV Notes 117 The Emperor..taking a wand in his hand, officiated as verger,..preceding the pontiff to the altar. 1846 W. F. Hook Church Dict. (ed. 5) 900 Verger,..he who carries the mace before the dean in a cathedral or collegiate church. 1854 W. F. Hook Church Dict. (ed. 7) 782 Verger. An officer with a similar title precedes the vice-chancellor in the English universities. 1867 A. Trollope Last Chron. Barset II. xlix. 59 For nearly a week..he had been unable to face the minor canon and the vergers. attributive.c1530 in J. Gutch Collectanea Curiosa (1781) II. 340 Item oone Verger Rodde of silvar parcel gilte.1546 in W. Page Inventories Church Goods York, Durham & Northumberland (1897) 137 Two verger rodys of sylver.in extended use.?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) xii. 555 This by Calypso, I was told, and she Inform'd it, from the verger Mercurie. b. One whose duty it is to take care of the interior of a church, and to act as attendant. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > laity > lay functionaries > caretaker > [noun] servitorc1600 verger1707 mansionary1711 1707 G. Farquhar Beaux Stratagem ii. 15 Then I, Sir, tips me the Verger with half a Crown. 1784 Gentleman's Mag. May 349/1 I felt a secret satisfaction on visiting..the tombs in Westminster Abbey, that the verger no longer amuses the gaping vulgar [etc.]. 1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 258 The parish clerk bowed low before him [sc. the squire] and the vergers humbled themselves unto the dust in his presence. 1861 Sat. Rev. 30 Nov. 568 How splendid an opportunity for architectural study is afforded by the Abbey, if only the vergers would allow any one to enjoy it. 1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet I. viii. 182 The beadles and vergers..curtsied to the quality and remained behind for doles. †2. (See quot. 1469) Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > [noun] > minstrel > leader of verger1469 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > minstrelsy > [noun] > minstrel > leader of verger1469 1469 Liber Niger in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 48 Mynstrelles, xiii, whereof one is verger that directeth them all in festivall dayes to theyre stations, to bloweings, pipynges [etc.]. Derivatives ˈvergerless adj. unaccompanied by a verger. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > laity > lay functionaries > verger > [adjective] > unaccompanied by vergerless1886 1886 J. J. Hissey On Box Seat 167 The cathedral, over which we were considerately allowed to ramble vergerless, much to our enjoyment. ˈvergership n. the office of a verger. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > laity > lay functionaries > verger > [noun] > office of vergerership1485 vergership1485 1485 Rolls of Parl. VI. 383/2 The Office of our Sergeauntship at Armes, and..the Office of Vergership of Wyndesore. 1871 Daily News 12 Aug. The Vergership in St. Paul's Cathedral, vacant by the death of Mr. Cummings. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † vergern.³ Etymology: ? < Anglo-Norman vergiere (Gower). Obsolete. rare. A rod carried as a symbol of office; = verge n.¹ 4a. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > symbol of office or authority > [noun] > staff or rod yardc1275 tipped stickc1386 bastona1400 mace?a1419 wandc1430 warderc1440 baculc1449 roda1450 verge1493 staff1535 tipstaff1541 verger1547 truncheon1573 vare1578 baton?1590 trunch1590 fasces1598 macer wanda1600 virge1610 batoona1652 stick1677 shaku1875 poker1905 1547 in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) II. App. A. 10 Then came the sergeant of the vestry with his verger, and after him the cros, with the children [etc.]. 1647 H. Hexham Copious Eng. & Netherduytch Dict. A Verger, een roedeken. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.¹a1400n.²c1402n.³1547
随便看	iconoclasticism iconoclasts iconodule iconodulic iconodulist iconoduly iconograph iconographer iconographers iconographic iconographical iconographically iconographies iconographist iconography iconolater iconolaters iconolatries iconolatry iconological iconologies iconologist iconologists iconology iconomach

† vergern.1

vergern.2

Derivatives

† vergern.3

† vergern.¹

vergern.²

† vergern.³