verge

IPA(Pronunciation)

/vɜːd͡ʒ/

Noun

UK historical Australia New-Zealand figuratively obsolete

A rod or staff of office, e.g. of a verger.

Japanese Meaning

役職者が職務を行う際に持つ、権威や地位を示す杖。例えば、教会のverger（式典補助者）が使用する杖。

What is this buttons?

The verger lifted his polished verge and led the procession down the aisle.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

聖務係は磨かれた職杖を掲げて行列を先導した。

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Sense（1）

A rod or staff of office, e.g. of a verger.

Sense（2）

(UK, historical) The stick or wand with which persons were formerly admitted tenants, by holding it in the hand and swearing fealty to the lord. Such tenants were called tenants by the verge.

Sense（3）

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Sense（4）

(figuratively) An extreme limit beyond which something specific will happen.

I was on the verge of tears.

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Sense（5）

(obsolete) The phallus.

Sense（6）

(zoology) The external male organ of certain mollusks, worms, etc.

Sense（7）

An old measure of land: a virgate or yardland.

Sense（8）

A circumference; a circle; a ring.

The inclusive verge

Of golden metal that must round my brow.

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Sense（9）

(architecture) The shaft of a column, or a small ornamental shaft.

Sense（10）

(architecture) The eaves or edge of the roof that projects over the gable of a roof.

The smaller ribs of tiles that run down to the eaves, along the ridges in a hip-roof, or border the verge in a gable-roof , often terminate in some ornamental tile in high-relief .

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