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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  

[pay-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

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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

The loop: from the top The paternoster has been dubbed the ‘socialist among elevators’.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 14, 2015

Out out, one in There are an estimated 250 paternoster lifts still in use in Germany.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 14, 2015

After the 70th Psalm comes a paternoster sub silentio—that is, all present 172 stand up, and a short silent inward prayer ensues, and a pause.

From Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

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

To answer another posters inquiry about Paternoster elevators -- they were never used here in the United States.

From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2017

"It's the first time in my 30-year career that I've seen a case of malaria originating in Trentino," said Dr Claudio Paternoster, an infectious diseases specialist at Trento's Santa Chiara Hospital.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2017

And she has taught me nearly all I know, except the Apostles' Creed and Ten Commandments, which our father taught us, and the Paternoster and Ave Mary which we learned at our mother's knee.

From Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family by Elizabeth Rundle Charles

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