paten

Or pat·in

[pat-n]

noun

1. a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.

paten

/ ˈpætɪn, ˈpætən /

noun

1. a plate, usually made of silver or gold, esp the plate on which the bread is placed in the Eucharist

Word History and Origins

Origin of paten¹

1250–1300; Middle English pateyn ( e ) < Old French patene < Medieval Latin patena, patina Eucharistic plate ( Latin: pan); akin to Greek patánē flat dish, Latin patēre to be open ( patent )

Word History and Origins

Origin of paten¹

C13: from Old French patene, from Medieval Latin, from Latin patina pan

Example Sentences

The motif appears, insistently, on a pair of basins also given by Louis XIII, as well as a tall, bejeweled gilt crozier, a chalice and a paten, made in the mid-17th century and given by Louis XIV.

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It has already added an additional 123, Paten says, and it hopes to reach the goal of 350 by next year.

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Paten said the new reference should help scientists understand more about what’s normal and what’s not.

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Although any two people’s genomes are more than 99% identical, Paten said “it’s those differences that are the things that genetics and genomics is concerned with studying and understanding.”

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Paten, a pangenome study author and project leader, said 70% of that first reference genome came from an African American man with mixed African and European ancestry who answered an ad for volunteers in a Buffalo newspaper in 1997.

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