altar boy
Example Sentences
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Carlos also participated in the church as an altar boy, his family wrote.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 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
He knocks at the sacristy door and tells Stephen Carey,This is my son, Frank, who knows the Latin and is ready to be an altar boy.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
