ALTAR BOY

Meaning of ALTAR BOY in English

noun

a boy who helps the priest in church services, especially in the Roman Catholic church

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

ALTAR BOY — noun Date: 1772 a boy who assists the celebrant in a liturgical service
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ALTAR BOY — noun : a boy who is or functions as an acolyte
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ALTAR BOY — acolyte (def. 1). [ 1765-75 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ALTAR BOY — Date: 1772 : a boy who assists the celebrant in a liturgical service
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ALTAR BOY — Function: noun Date: 1772 : a boy who assists the celebrant in a liturgical service
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
ALTAR BOY — ■ noun a boy who acts as a priest's assistant during a service.
Concise Oxford English vocab
ALTAR BOY — [altar boy] n (1772): a boy who assists the celebrant in a liturgical service
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ALTAR BOY — ˈaltar boy BrE AmE noun [countable] a boy who helps a Catholic priest during a church service
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ALTAR BOY — ( altar boys) In the Roman Catholic church, an altar boy is a boy who helps the priest during Mass. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ALTAR BOY — (~s) In the Roman Catholic church, an ~ is a boy who helps the priest during Mass. N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
ALTAR BOY — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ In grade school Gary had served as an altar boy . ▪ My boyfriend was …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ALTAR — n altar
Interlingua English vocab
ALTAR — Raised structure or place used for sacrifice, worship, or prayer. Altars probably originated with the belief that objects or places …
Английский словарь Британика
BOY — ˈbȯi noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English; akin to Frisian boi boy and probably to Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ALTAR — ˈȯltə(r) noun ( -s ) Etymology: alteration (influenced by Latin altare ) of Middle English alter, auter; Middle English alter, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BOY — /boy/ , n. 1. a male child, from birth to full growth, esp. one less than 18 years of age. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ALTAR — /awl"teuhr/ , n. 1. an elevated place or structure, as a mound or platform, at which religious rites are performed …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BOY — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English Date: 13th century 1. often offensive : a male servant 2. a. : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ALTAR — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English alter, from Old English altar, from Latin altare; probably akin to Latin adolēre …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BOY — noun a male child, from birth to the age of puberty; a lad; hence, a son. 2. boy ·vt to …
Webster English vocab
ALTAR — noun a raised structure (as a square or oblong erection of stone or wood) on which sacrifices are offered or …
Webster English vocab
BOY — [boy] n, often attrib [ME] (13c) 1: a male servant--sometimes taken to be offensive 2. a: a male child from …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ALTAR — [al.tar] n, often attrib [ME alter, fr. OE altar, fr. L altare; prob. akin to L adolere to burn up] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ALTAR — in religion, a raised structure or place that is used for sacrifice, worship, or prayer. Altars probably originated when certain …
Britannica English vocabulary
BOY — boy, Boy BrE AmE bɔɪ ▷ boys bɔɪz ▶ ˌ boy ˈ scout AmE \ ˈ• • BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ALTAR — altar BrE AmE ˈɔːlt ə ˈɒlt- AmE \ ˈɔːlt ə r ˈɑːlt- (= alter) ▷ altar|s z ▶ ˈ altar …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BOY — / bɔɪ; NAmE / noun , exclamation ■ noun 1. [ C ] a male child or a young male …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ALTAR — / ˈɔːltə(r); NAmE / noun a holy table in a church or temple : the high altar (= the most …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BOY — I. boy 1 S1 W1 /bɔɪ/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Origin: Perhaps from Frisian boi 'boy' …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ALTAR — al ‧ tar /ˈɔːltə $ ˈɒːltər/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1000-1100 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: altare ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ALTAR — n. 1 a table or flat-topped block, often of stone, for sacrifice or offering to a deity. 2 a Communion-table. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ALTAR — n. 1 a table or flat-topped block, often of stone, for sacrifice or offering to a deity. 2 a Communion-table. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ALTAR — n.1 a table or flat-topped block, often of stone, for sacrifice or offering to a deity. 2 a Communion-table. Phrases …
Oxford English vocab
BOY — ( boys) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A boy is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ALTAR — ( altars) An altar is a holy table in a church or temple. N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BOY — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a baby boy/girl ▪ She’s just had a lovely healthy baby girl. a lucky …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ALTAR — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES altar boy COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE high ▪ Within a dozen yards, I came …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BOY — [noun] [C] - a male child or, more generally, a male of any agea teenage/adolescent boyIs it nature or nurture …
Cambridge English vocab
ALTAR — n. Raised structure or place used for sacrifice, worship, or prayer. Altars probably originated with the belief that objects or …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
ALTAR — Synonyms and related words : Communion table, altar carpet, altar desk, altar facing, altar of prothesis, altar rail, altar side, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BOY — n. big boy fly boy whipping boy
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
ALTAR — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ high , main ▪ makeshift , portable ▪ sacrificial VERB + ALTAR ▪ approach , go up …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BOY — See ↑ CHILD 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ blue-eyed boy/girl • ↑ little boy/little girl • ↑ rent boy
Longman Activator English vocab
ALTAR — престол (стол в алтаре (chancel); на нём стоят свечи и лежат церковные книги; см. тж. (high altar), (sanctuary)
Англо-Русский словарь Britain
BOY — n. 1 lad, youth, young man, stripling, youngster, schoolboy, fellow, urchin, brat, Colloq kid, guy, small fry, little shaver There …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
BOY — See: ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES JACK A DULL BOY, FAIR-HAIRED BOY, MAMA'S BOY, OLD BOY, SEPARATE THE MEN …
Словарь английских идиом
ALTAR — The first altar of which we have any account is that built by Noah when he left the ark. (Genesis …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
BOY
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ALTAR — сущ. 1) а) престол, алтарь (в христианских церквях) б) жертвенник в) перен. священное место, памятное место где-л. 2) (Altar) астр. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BOY
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ALTAR — altar.ogg ʹɔ:ltə n 1. 1> церк. алтарь altar boy - мальчик, прислуживающий в алтаре altar rails - алтарная ограда altar …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BOY
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
ALTAR — altar сущ.1) а) престол, алтарь (в христианских церквях) б) жертвенник в) перен. священное место, памятное место где-л. 2) ( Altar) …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
ALTAR — n 1. 1) церк. алтарь ~ boy - мальчик, прислуживающий в алтаре ~ rails - алтарная ограда ~ curtain - …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
BOY
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
ALTAR — n 1. 1> церк. алтарь altar boy - мальчик, прислуживающий в алтаре altar rails - алтарная ограда altar curtain - …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
BOY
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
ALTAR — сущ. 1) алтарь, жертвенник 2) престол ( в христианских церквях ) 3) священное место, помятное место 4) (Altar) астр. Алтарь, …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
BOY
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
ALTAR — сущ. 1) алтарь, жертвенник 2) престол (в христианских церквях) 3) священное место, помятное место 4) (Altar) астр. Алтарь, Жертвенник (созвездие южного неба) 5) тех. пламенный …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
BOY — _n. 1> мальчик 2> парень; молодой человек - my boy 3> сын 4> бой (слуга-туземец на Востоке) 5> _мор. юнга …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
ALTAR — _n. 1> престол, алтарь (в христианских церквах); жертвенник; to lead to the altar - вести к алтарю, жениться 2> (Altar) …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
BOY — n. 1. мальчик 2. парень; молодой человек - my boy 3. сын 4. бой (слуга-туземец на Востоке) 5. мор. юнга …
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ALTAR — n. 1. престол, алтарь (в христианских церквах); жертвенник; to lead to the altar - вести к алтарю, жениться 2. (Altar) …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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