vergership
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An appointment as verger.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- ""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."
- "Apparently he was not more attentive to his duties in this capacity, as he was discharged from his vergership on 26 July, 1708."