verger

1. (chiefly UK, Ireland, Christianity) A lay person who takes care of the interior of a church and acts as an attendant during services, where he or she carries the verge (or virge). In the United States, the office is generally combined with that of sexton.Examples: ""We have often seen each other," said Little Dorrit, recognising the sexton, or the beadle, or the verger, or whatever he was, "when I have been at church here.""; "As soon as we were all in the night the verger rolled shut the doors and blotted out the chandeliers."IrelandUK

2. (chiefly UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, Christianity) An usher; also, in major ecclesiastical landmarks, a tour guide.CommonwealthIrelandUK

3. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) An attendant upon a dignitary, such as a bishop or dean, a justice, etc.Examples: "When she came to her place she opened the book, and perused it, and saw the pictures, but frowned and blushed; and then shut it, (of which several took notice,) and calling the verger, bade him bring her the old book, wherein she was formerly wont to read."CommonwealthIrelandUK