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vergership

vergership noun: an appointment as verger.

Noun

vergership (plural vergerships)

  1. An appointment as verger.
    • They usually give them, answered the priest, 'some benefice, or cure, or vergership, which brings them in a good penny-rent, besides the perquisites of the altar, usually valued at as much more.1840, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, The Life and Exploits of Don Quixote de la Mancha
    • "Yes sir; you will find her on the terrace, I have no doubt," said the old man, whose time for translation to a vergership had almost come, smiling knowingly at the visitor.1864, The Living Age - Volume 82, page 48

Forms of vergership

pluralvergerships

Origin of vergership

From verger + -ship.

Questions about vergership

What does vergership mean?
Vergership means an appointment as verger.
What part of speech is vergership?
Vergership is a noun.
What is the plural of vergership?
The plural of vergership is vergerships.

Words near vergership in the dictionary

  1. vergeress
  2. vergeresses
  3. vergeries
  4. vergerism
  5. vergers
  6. vergership
  7. vergerships
  8. vergery
  9. verges
  10. Verges Creek
  11. verges on

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