altar boy
Example Sentences
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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
The church where Pope Leo XIV attended mass as a child and served as an altar boy is now an empty shell.
From BBC • May 8, 2025
“I still feel like the altar boy who is goofing on the priest,” he insists.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2024
From his childhood serving as an altar boy, he misses “the sense of community that formed on Sunday mornings, with the old lady you’d never see otherwise.”
From Seattle Times • Oct. 4, 2023
The altar boy held the gold platter under each chin, the priest mumbled something in Latin and placed the host on the tongue.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
