altar boy
Example Sentences
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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
Born in Chicago in 1955 to parents of Spanish and Franco-Italian descent, Prevost served as an altar boy and was ordained as a priest in 1982.
From BBC • May 8, 2025
He was also an altar boy for seven years, although that was a lot more stressful.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2024
The plaintiff was an altar boy at Ascension Catholic Church in Chesterfield, Missouri.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 9, 2023
They wouldn’t let me be an altar boy, a secondary school pupil, a missionary with the White Fathers.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
