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It precedes Mass for verger (6)

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I believe the answer is:

sexton

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'verger' is the definition.
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'it precedes mass' is the wordplay.
'it' becomes 'sex' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'precedes' says to put letters next to each other (some letters come before others).
'mass' becomes 'ton'.
'sex'+'ton'='SEXTON'

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for sexton that I've seen before include "church assistant" , "parish factotum" , "Church functionary" , "Graveyard employee" , "Person who tends a church and churchyard" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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