Meaning of PATERNOSTER
| Pronunciation: | | 'peytur'nâstur
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- [n] (British) a type of lift having a chain of open compartments that move continually in a loop so that (agile) passengers can step on or off at each floor
- [n] (Roman Catholic) the Lord's Prayer in Latin; translates as"our father"
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\Pa"ter*nos`ter\, n. (Mining)
An elevator of an inclined endless traveling chain or belt
bearing buckets or shelves which ascend on one side loaded,
and empty themselves at the top.
\Pa"ter*nos`ter\, n. [L., Our Father.]
1. The Lord's prayer, so called from the first two words of
the Latin version.
2. (Arch.) A beadlike ornament in moldings.
3. (Angling) A line with a row of hooks and bead?shaped
sinkers.
{Paternoster pump}, {Paternoster wheel}, a chain pump; a
noria.
{Paternoster while}, the space of time required for repeating
a paternoster. --Udall.
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| | Related Terms: | | Agnus Dei, aid prayer, Alleluia, Anamnesis, Angelus, appeal, Ave, Ave Maria, beadroll, beads, beseechment, bidding prayer, Blessing, breviary, Canon, chaplet, Collect, Communion, Consecration, contemplation, Credo, devotions, Dismissal, entreaty, Epistle, Fraction, Gloria, Gospel, grace, Gradual, Hail Mary, impetration, imploration, intercession, Introit, invocation, Kyrie, Kyrie Eleison, Last Gospel, Lavabo, litany, meditation, obsecration, obtestation, Offertory, orison, Pax, petition, Post-Communion, prayer, prayer wheel, Preface, rogation, rosary, Sanctus, Secreta, silent prayer, suit, supplication, Tersanctus, thanks, thanksgiving, Tract |
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