Definitions of altar boy
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a boy serving as an acolyte
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type of:
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acolyte
someone who assists a priest or minister in a liturgical service; a cleric ordained in the highest of the minor orders in the Roman Catholic Church but not in the Anglican Church or the Eastern Orthodox Churches
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boy, male child
a youthful male person
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acolyte
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