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Definition of Altar boy
1. Noun. A boy serving as an acolyte.
Definition of Altar boy
1. Noun. A boy serving as an acolyte in certain forms of Christianity. ¹
2. Noun. A young man, adhering to traditional values. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Altar Boy
Literary usage of Altar boy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People by John Newton Boucher, John Woolf Jordan (1908)
"He is a member of St. Philip's Roman Catholic Church of Crafton, and in his
boyhood days served as altar boy. He is a Republican in politics. ..."
2. Cloister Songs and Hymns for Children by Mary Francis Cusack (1881)
"THE altar boy. AT holy Mass I serve each day I am an altar boy ; I know the angels
up in Heaven Might envy me this joy. They crowd around the altar steps, ..."
3. The Ideal Catholic Readers by Mary Domitilla (1916)
"He had never been strong enough to be an altar boy. He could not carry the heavy
missal from one end of the altar to the other, and could not kneel long ..."
4. Maggie's Too by Paul E. Furdon (2001)
""Geez, Eddie, you were a real klutz as an altar boy," Salvi remarked. "Yeah, that
wasn't what you would call a smooth performance, but another altar boy at ..."
5. The Pilgrim of Our Lady of Martyrs (1892)
"Some knowledge of an altar-boy's duties, or at least the aptitude to acquire ...
In placing them under the protection of this model altar-boy we secure for ..."
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