Meaning

2 senses
  1. A boy serving as an acolyte in certain forms of Christianity.

    Messdiener, Ministrant

    министра́нтministránt

    міністра́нтministránt

    a boy serving as an acolyte

  2. A young man adhering to traditional values.

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Tom was an altar boy.

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  2. Tom is an altar boy.

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  3. The altar boy dutifully followed the priest.

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  4. The priest reprimanded the altar boy for swinging the incense around like a lasso.

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  5. The recent scandals involving altar boys and religious leaders have undermined the faith people have in the Church.

    deDie neulichen Skandale, in die Messdiener und religiöse Oberhäupter verwickelt waren, haben den Glauben, den die Leute in die Kirche haben, unterminiert.

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Translations

8 languages
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Forms

plural: altar boys
Singularaltar boy
Pluralaltar boys

regular

Word family

1 related words
Relatedboy scout

See also

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