As a noun verger
is one who carries a verge, or emblem of office.
As a proper noun warden is
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Other Comparisons: What's the difference?
verger Noun
( en noun)
One who carries a verge, or emblem of office.
(chiefly, British) A lay person who takes care of the interior of a church and acts as an attendant during services, where he or she carries the verge (or virge). An usher; in major ecclesiastical landmarks, a tour guide. In the United States, the office is generally combined with that of sexton.
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- ‘We have often seen each other,’ said Little Dorrit, recognising the sexton, or the beadle, or the verger , or whatever he was, ‘when I have been at church here.’
(UK) An attendant upon a dignitary, such as a bishop or dean, a justice, etc.
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warden English
Noun
( en noun)
(archaic, or, literary) A guard or watchman.
* Sir Walter Scott
- He called to the warden on the battlements.
A chief administrative officer of a prison
An official charged with supervisory duties or with the enforcement of specific laws or regulations; such as a game warden or air raid warden
A governing official in various institutions
- the warden of a college
(archaic, slang) A variety of pear, thought to be Black Worcester or Parkinson's Warden.
* Beaumont and Fletcher
- I would have had him roasted like a warden .
* Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale
- I must have saffron the colour of warden pies.
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