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
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
From his childhood serving as an altar boy, he misses “the sense of community that formed on Sunday mornings.”
From Seattle Times • Oct. 4, 2023
“You were an altar boy, I guess,” I said.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
