altar boy

/ˌɔltər bɔɪ/
/ˈɔltə bɔɪ/
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Other forms: altar boys

Definitions of altar boy
  1. noun
    a boy serving as an acolyte
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    type of:
    acolyte
    someone who assists a priest or minister in a liturgical service; a cleric ordained in the highest of the minor orders in the Roman Catholic Church but not in the Anglican Church or the Eastern Orthodox Churches
    boy, male child
    a youthful male person
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