choirboy:

(plural: ‘choirboys‘; female: ‘chorine‘; pronunciation: the letters ‘cho’ are said with a  ‘kwa’ sound as in ‘quality’)

a boy who sings with other boys in a church;

any good and morally decent young man (irrespective of religion),

choirboys singing

e.g.

At least one boy from each Christian family wants to be a choirboy.

The choirboys are given good instructions and practice before they ever perform at a church service.

Some of the choirboys and altar boys become priests when they grow old enough to make their own decisions.

In a very informal usage, ‘choirboy’ is also used for a good young man who leads a decent life.

For an interesting article on ‘choirboy’, please click here, and for another interesting article on a ‘choir boy’ who became a ‘disbeliever’, please click here.

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