"altar boy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: altar boys [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} altar boy (plural altar boys)
  1. A boy serving as an acolyte in certain forms of Christianity. Categories (topical): Religion Hypernyms: altar server Related terms: boy scout Coordinate_terms: altar girl Translations (A boy serving as an acolyte): escolà [masculine] (Catalan), escolanet [masculine] (Catalan), 輔祭 (Chinese Mandarin), 辅祭 (fǔjì) (Chinese Mandarin), misdienaar [masculine] (Dutch), kuoripoika (Finnish), servant de messe [masculine] (French), rapavelas [masculine] (Galician), acólito [masculine] (Galician), moociño [masculine] (Galician), Messdiener [masculine] (German), Ministrant [masculine] (German), παπαδάκι (papadáki) [neuter] (Greek), Messdiener [masculine] (Hunsrik), putra altar [masculine] (Indonesian), misdinar (english: any gender) (Indonesian), cléireach [masculine] (Irish), chierichetto [masculine] (Italian), ministrante [masculine] (Italian), abatino [masculine] (Italian), 복사 (boksa) (Korean), ѓа́че (ǵáče) [neuter] (Macedonian), ministrant [masculine] (Polish), coroinha [masculine] (Portuguese), acólito [masculine] (Portuguese), министра́нт (ministránt) [masculine] (Russian), monaguillo [masculine] (Spanish), korgosse [common-gender] (Swedish), gwas allor [masculine] (Welsh), allorwas [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-altar_boy-en-noun--1RqTOKv Disambiguation of Religion: 100 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of 'A boy serving as an acolyte': 90 10
  2. A young man adhering to traditional values. Categories (topical): Male people
    Sense id: en-altar_boy-en-noun-JmWG2DnD Disambiguation of Male people: 14 86 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "A boy serving as an acolyte",
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      "tags": [
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