Altar Boy (Noun)
Meaning
A boy serving as an acolyte.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The young altar boy carefully lit the candles on the altar before the start of the Mass.
- As an altar boy, he was responsible for carrying the cross in the procession at the beginning of the service.
- The priest smiled warmly at the eager altar boy who was assisting him with the communion.
- The altar boy's family beamed with pride as he served at his first Mass.
- After years of serving as an altar boy, he decided to pursue a career in the priesthood.