| 单词 | altar girl |
| 释义 | > as lemmasaltar girl altar girl n. (originally and esp. in the Roman Catholic Church) a girl who tends an altar, esp. one who acts as a priest's assistant during a service; cf. altar boy n. ΚΠ 1905 Our Paper 14 Oct. 649/3 In the darkness of the church [in Prague], notwithstanding the candles,..I was not certain whether they were altar boys or altar girls. 1961 Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Altar girl, a girl acting as a lay assistant in church services. 1985 Cincinnati Mag. Dec. 17/1 I knew that altar girls were uncommon in suburban Cincinnati, especially in the little parish where I had grown up. 2002 T. Hartman Halbertal Appropriately Subversive ii. 42 My daughter decided to become an altar girl. < as lemmas |
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