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Verger
A verger (or virger, so called after the staff of the office) is a person, usually a layperson, who assists in the ordering of religious services, particularly in Anglican churches. During the service itself, a verger's main duty is to ceremonially precede the religious participants as they move about the church; he or she does not typically take any speaking part in the service itself.
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