altar boy
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altar boy
n. Christianity
A boy who is an altar server.
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altar boy
n
(Ecclesiastical Terms) RC Church Church of England a boy serving as an acolyte
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ac•o•lyte
(ˈæk əˌlaɪt)n.
1. an altar attendant in public worship; altar boy.
2. any attendant, assistant, or follower.
[1275–1325; Middle English< Medieval Latin acolytus < Greek akólouthos follower, attendant]
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| Noun | 1. |  altar boy - a boy serving as an acolyte 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; "the baby was a boy"; "she made the boy brush his teeth every night"; "most soldiers are only boys in uniform" |
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