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.
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There had been plenty of stores on the steet but no stores selling ciggarettes so as soon as Albert had saw a store that suited it quite well he bought it and became a tobacconist.