altar boy
Example Sentences
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“I was raised a Catholic, was an altar boy, and at 14 I seriously considered becoming a priest,” Wilson told The Times in 1986.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2026
Scorsese grew up in New York’s Little Italy as a Catholic altar boy and aspiring priest who was also fascinated by the mafiosos that loomed large in his community.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
The church where Pope Leo XIV attended mass as a child and served as an altar boy is now an empty shell.
From BBC • May 8, 2025
While he served as an altar boy at his hometown Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Rother seemed destined for farm life.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 14, 2023
The altar boy assisting the priest plucked the infant from the font and restored him to Angela, who sobbed and clutched him, dripping, to her bosom.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
