| paternoster | 1. The Lord's prayer, so called from the first two words of the Latin version. 2. A beadlike ornament in moldings. 3. A line with a row of hooks and beadshaped sinkers. Paternoster pump, Paternoster wheel, a chain pump; a noria. Paternoster while, the space of time required for repeating a paternoster. Origin: L, Our Father. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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