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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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 )
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Word History and Origins

Origin of paten1

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

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

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

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.”

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.

“We need a really good understanding of the variations, the differences between human beings,” said genomics expert Benedict Paten of the University of California, Santa Cruz.

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