Verger
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A verger (or virger) 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. But although it could be argued that a verger's main pride during a service lies in his or her inconspicuousness, vergers often play a very prominent role "behind the scenes" — helping to plan the logistical details of service and discreetly shepherding the clergy through it.
The office's title comes from the ceremonial rod which a verger carries, a "virge" (from Latin virga; see virgule). In former times, a verger might have needed to use his virge to keep back an overenthusiastic crowd from the personage he was escorting.
In small churches today, the office of verger is often combined with that of sexton: the verger assisting at services and the sexton maintaining the church building the rest of the time are one and the same person.