Definitions
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- noun A female
verger .
Etymologies
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Examples
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She was of the same enthusiastic sisterhood as the vergeress of St. Lawrence and the guardian of the old cemetery, and by a mighty effort she prevailed over the workmen so far as to lead her charges out through the corridor where the literal conscience of the brothers Kuhn has wrought in the roof to an exact image of a tournament as it was in Nuremberg four hundred years ago.
Their Silver Wedding Journey — Complete William Dean Howells 1878
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The vergeress who showed the Marches through the church was devout in the praise of these aristocratic fellow-citizens of hers.
Their Silver Wedding Journey — Complete William Dean Howells 1878
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She was a very romantic vergeress, and she told them at unsparing length the legend of the tabernacle, how the artist fell asleep in despair of winning his patron's daughter, and saw in a vision the master-work with the lily-like droop at top, which gained him her hand.
Their Silver Wedding Journey — Complete William Dean Howells 1878
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She was of the same enthusiastic sisterhood as the vergeress of St. Lawrence and the guardian of the old cemetery, and by a mighty effort she prevailed over the workmen so far as to lead her charges out through the corridor where the literal conscience of the brothers Kuhn has wrought in the roof to an exact image of a tournament as it was in Nuremberg four hundred years ago.
Their Silver Wedding Journey — Volume 2 William Dean Howells 1878
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The vergeress who showed the Marches through the church was devout in the praise of these aristocratic fellow-citizens of hers.
Their Silver Wedding Journey — Volume 2 William Dean Howells 1878
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She was a very romantic vergeress, and she told them at unsparing length the legend of the tabernacle, how the artist fell asleep in despair of winning his patron's daughter, and saw in a vision the master-work with the lily-like droop at top, which gained him her hand.
Their Silver Wedding Journey — Volume 2 William Dean Howells 1878
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She was of the same enthusiastic sisterhood as the vergeress of St. Lawrence and the guardian of the old cemetery, and by a mighty effort she prevailed over the workmen so far as to lead her charges out through the corridor where the literal conscience of the brothers Kuhn has wrought in the roof to an exact image of a tournament as it was in Nuremberg four hundred years ago.
Complete March Family Trilogy William Dean Howells 1878
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The vergeress who showed the Marches through the church was devout in the praise of these aristocratic fellow-citizens of hers.
Complete March Family Trilogy William Dean Howells 1878
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She was a very romantic vergeress, and she told them at unsparing length the legend of the tabernacle, how the artist fell asleep in despair of winning his patron's daughter, and saw in a vision the master-work with the lily-like droop at top, which gained him her hand.
Complete March Family Trilogy William Dean Howells 1878
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