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  paternoster

  noun

  Also Pater Noster. the Lord's Prayer, especially in the Latin form.
• Paternoster
  Paternoster

  noun

  the Lord's Prayer, esp in Latin

paternoster

American  

[pey-ter-nos-ter, pah‑, pat-er‑] / ˈpeɪ tərˈnɒs tər, ˈpɑ‑, ˈpæt ər‑ /

noun

1. (often initial capital letter) Also Pater Noster. the Lord's Prayer, especially in the Latin form.

2. a recitation of this prayer as an act of worship.

3. one of certain beads in a rosary, regularly every 11th bead, differing in size or material from the rest and indicating that the Lord's Prayer is to be said.

4. any fixed recital of words used as a prayer or magical charm.

5. a doorless, continuously moving elevator for passengers or goods, having numerous platforms or compartments that rise or descend on a moving chain.

6. (initial capital letter) pearl molding.

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paternoster ¹ British  

/ ˌpætəˈnɒstə /

noun

1. RC Church the beads at the ends of each decade of the rosary marking the points at which the Paternoster is recited

2. any fixed form of words used as a prayer or charm

3. Also called: paternoster line.  a type of fishing tackle in which short lines and hooks are attached at intervals to the main line

4. a type of lift in which platforms are attached to continuous chains. The lift does not stop at each floor but passengers enter while it is moving

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Paternoster ² British  

/ ˌpætəˈnɒstə /

noun

1. the Lord's Prayer, esp in Latin

2. the recital of this as an act of devotion

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Etymology

Origin of paternoster

before 1000; Middle English, Old English: Lord's prayer < Latin pater noster our father, its first two words in the Vulgate (Matthew VI: 9

Example Sentences

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Such so-called paternoster elevators still survive in some German public buildings.

From Seattle Times ● May 25, 2023

The paternoster is the VW Beetle among lifts.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 14, 2015

“I’m used to talking about the Greek crisis, or the recent train drivers’ strike, but little did I expect that the paternoster would turn into my subject,” Strohschneider said.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 14, 2015

As the paternoster cabin in which he was slowly descending into the bowels of Stuttgart’s town hall plunged into darkness, Dejan Tuco giggled infectiously.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 14, 2015

He is a daring carl, and, it is said, knows something more than his paternoster.

From The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance by Bernhard Severin Ingemann

Images of the sign, near Paternoster School, attracted hundreds of comments on social media on Thursday.

From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2024

And Paternoster totally shreds, on her guitar and in her throat.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 20, 2023

She may have voters like Christy Paternoster in mind.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2019

A few years ago, the NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund hired criminologist Ray Paternoster to study the impact of race on death penalty prosecutions in Harris County during the 1990s, when Mr. Buck’s trial occurred.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2016

A complete description of this caravan is to be found in my book, “The Cruise of the Land Yacht Wanderer,” published by Messrs Hodder and Stoughton, Paternoster Row.

From In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life by Gordon Stables