"altar server" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: altar servers [plural]
Etymology: altar + server Etymology templates: {{com|en|altar|server}} altar + server Head templates: {{en-noun}} altar server (plural altar servers)
  1. (Christianity) A layperson, often a child or adolescent, who assists a member of the clergy during a Christian liturgy, attending to supporting tasks at the altar. Wikipedia link: altar server Categories (topical): Christianity, People Synonyms: acolyte Translations (layperson, often a child or adolescent, who assists a member of the clergy during a Christian liturgy): Ministrant [masculine] (German), Ministrantin [feminine] (German), ministráns (Hungarian), при́служник (príslužnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), ѓа́че (ǵáče) (english: child) [neuter] (Macedonian), servo do altar [masculine] (Portuguese), serva do altar [feminine] (Portuguese)

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