01 n. The Lord's prayer, so called from the first two words of the Latin version.
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The Lord's prayer, so called from the first two words of the Latin version.
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2.
A beadlike ornament in moldings.(Arch.)
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3.
A line with a row of hooks and bead-shaped sinkers.(Angling)
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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.(Mining)
Phrases & compounds
Paternoster pump —
a chain pump; a noria.
Paternoster while —
the space of time required for repeating a paternoster.