(Roman Catholic Church) the Lord's Prayer in Latin; translates as `our father'
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a type of lift having a chain of open compartments that move continually in an endless loop so that (agile) passengers can step on or off at each floor
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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.
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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
{Paternoster pump}, {Paternoster wheel}, a chain pump; a noria.
{Paternoster while}, the space of time required for repeating a paternoster. --Udall.