altar boy

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noun

a male altar server.

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altamaha, altamira, altamonte springs, altar, altar board, altar boy, altar bread, altar call, altar card, altar cloth, altar girl

Origin of altar boy

First recorded in 1765–75

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Examples from the Web for altar boy

How you ever got beyond being an altar-boy is more than I can see.
Fanny Herself|Edna Ferber
After some hesitation Weasel took the gun, holding it stiffly in front of him, as an altar-boy might a sacred thing.
John Ermine of the Yellowstone|Frederic Remington
An assistant priest and a barefooted Mexican altar-boy stood framed in the arch of the ancient portal.
Mariposilla|Mary Stewart Daggett
If you don't mind I'll stay outside in the hall, and rush in to act as altar-boy, when she agrees to 'vert.
The Art of Disappearing|John Talbot Smith

He served the mass, an altar-boy at the Convent of the Propagation, and revealed unpleasant traits of character.
Egoists|James Huneker

British Dictionary definitions for altar boy

altar boy

noun

RC Church Church of England a boy serving as an acolyte

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altar boy

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altar boy

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