verger
Cathedral staff bearer
A verger is a church official who carries a ceremonial staff (called a verge) and leads processions, attends to the clergy, and maintains order during services.
The role is most common in Anglican and Episcopal churches.
More broadly, a verger may serve as a caretaker of church buildings and grounds: The verger unlocked the cathedral doors each morning.
Church building caretaker
- sacristanChurch caretaker of sacred items
- churchwardenLay parish administrator
- beadleChurch ceremonial assistant
- clergyOrdained religious officials collectively
deacon · curate · rector · vicar · parish · diocese · bishop · chaplain
Ceremonial entrance music
- vestmentsCeremonial religious attire
- altarSacred ritual table
- chancelAltar-adjacent clergy space
- naveChurch's main interior
sanctuary · sacristy · incense · cassock · surplice · acolyte · liturgy · communion
One who seats guests
- attendantOne who assists others
- custodianGuardian of a place
- caretakerOne who maintains property
- stewardManager for another
warden · keeper · groundskeeper · maintenance · seating · unlocking · preparation · arrangement
sexton
Church building caretaker
- sacristanChurch caretaker of sacred items
- churchwardenLay parish administrator
- beadleChurch ceremonial assistant
clergy · deacon · curate · rector · vicar · parish · diocese · bishop · chaplain · canon
processional
Ceremonial entrance music
nave · sanctuary · sacristy · incense · cassock · surplice · acolyte · liturgy · communion · psalms
usher
One who seats guests
steward · warden · keeper · groundskeeper · maintenance · seating · unlocking · preparation · arrangement · order
cathedral
Bishop's principal church
minster · transept · narthex · vestibule · pews · pulpit · lectern · ambulatory · cloister · spire
- campagnechamp, champs, culture, grange, mouton
- churchnave, pew, pews, altar, altars
- church peoplepriest, parson, vicar, curate, rector
- British ReligionAnglican, Church of Scotland, Archbishop of Canterbury, Canterbury Cathedral, Westminster Abbey
- church helpersacolyte, altar boy, altar server, server, sacristan
- church rolesbishop, deacons, priest, pastor, lay readers
vergerclergy
Ordained religious officials collectively
priest · vicar · ordained minister · rector · bishop
vergercongregant
Member of a worship assembly
parishioner · layperson · visitor · worshipper · churchgoer
- on the vergeAt the edge of
- verge onAlmost become something
- on the verge of tears
- verge escapementEarly clock speed regulator
verge, diverge, converge, divergence, convergence, verges, divergent, verged, converging