Paternoster

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     2. (Arch.) A beadlike ornament in moldings.


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     3. (Angling) A line with a row of hooks and bead-shaped
        sinkers.
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     4. (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.
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     {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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Paternoster
       n 1: (Roman Catholic Church) the Lord's Prayer in Latin;
            translates as `our father'
       2: 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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  65 Moby Thesaurus words for "Paternoster":
     Agnus Dei, Alleluia, Anamnesis, Angelus, Ave, Ave Maria, Blessing,
     Canon, Collect, Communion, Consecration, Credo, Dismissal, Epistle,
     Fraction, Gloria, Gospel, Gradual, Hail Mary, Introit, Kyrie,
     Kyrie Eleison, Last Gospel, Lavabo, Offertory, Pax, Post-Communion,
     Preface, Sanctus, Secreta, Tersanctus, Tract, aid prayer, appeal,
     beadroll, beads, beseechment, bidding prayer, breviary, chaplet,
     collect, communion, contemplation, devotions, entreaty, grace,
     impetration, imploration, intercession, invocation, litany,
     meditation, obsecration, obtestation, orison, petition, prayer,
     prayer wheel, rogation, rosary, silent prayer, suit, supplication,
     thanks, thanksgiving