altar boy

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ˈaltar boy noun [countable]  RRCa boy who helps a Catholic priest during a church service 〔天主教神父的〕辅祭男童，祭坛侍者

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altar boy• In grade school Gary had served as an altar boy.• When Michael had been an altar boy he had also stolen the lead from the church roof!• My boyfriend was an altar boy.• Yet he ended his days at daily mass, even serving for the priest when the altar boy of the day overslept.

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altar boy
ˈaltar boy noun [countable]
a boy who helps a Catholic priest during a church service

altar boyBrE /ˈɔːltə bɔɪ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈɔːltər bɔɪ/ 🔊 nouna boy who helps the priest in church services, especially in the Roman Catholic church 辅祭（宗教礼仪中的辅助男童，尤见于天主教）