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paternoster |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Paternoster \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 From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Paternoster \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Paternoster n 1: (Roman Catholic) the Lord's Prayer in Latin; translates as "our father" [syn: {Paternoster}] 2: (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
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