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patera

patera


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Patera  \Pat"e*ra\,  n.;  pl  {Pater[ae]}(?).  [  L.,  fr  patere  to 
  lie  open.] 
  1.  A  saucerlike  vessel  of  earthenware  or  metal,  used  by  the 
  Greeks  and  Romans  in  libations  and  sacrificies 
 
  2.  (Arch.)  A  circular  ornament,  resembling  a  dish,  often 
  worked  in  relief  on  friezes,  and  the  like