PATERNOSTER

paternoster

(noun) 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

Paternoster

(noun) (Roman Catholic Church) the Lord’s Prayer in Latin; translates as ‘our father’

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Proper noun

Paternoster (plural Paternosters)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Paternoster is the 26814^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 907 individuals. Paternoster is most common among White (95.15%) individuals.

Anagrams

• penetrators, seropattern, transportee

Etymology

Noun

paternoster (plural paternosters)

(Christianity) The Lord's prayer, especially in a Roman Catholic context.

A slow, continuously moving lift or elevator consisting of a loop of open-fronted cabins running the height of a building.

(architecture) A bead-like ornament in mouldings.

(fishing) A tackle rig with a heavy sinker at the end of the line, and one or more hooks on traces at right angles spaced above the sinker.

(Christianity, archaic) A string of beads used in counting prayers that are said; a rosary.

(Christianity, archaic) Every eleventh bead in a rosary, at which, while counting the beads, the Lord's Prayer is to be repeated.

(Christianity, archaic) A medieval artisan who crafted rosary beads or prayer nuts.

(archaic) A patent medicine, so named because salesmen would pray the Lord's Prayer over it before selling it.

Verb

paternoster (third-person singular simple present paternosters, present participle paternostering, simple past and past participle paternostered)

(fishing, transitive) To try to catch (fish, etc.) with a paternoster rig.