Complete Definition of "paternoster"

English
Etymology
Latin: pater noster, the two first words of the Oratio Dominica, the Lord's prayer
Noun
en-noun

  1. The Lord's prayer, especially in a Roman Catholic context.

#:Pater noster, qui es in caelis, sanctificetur nomen tuum. Adveniat regnum tuum. Fiat voluntas tua, sicut in caelo et in terra. Panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie, et dimitte nobis debita nostra sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris. Et ne nos inducas in tentationem, sed libera nos a malo. Amen.

  1. An slow, continuously moving lift or elevator consisting of a loop of open fronted cabins running the height of a building. The moving compartment is entered at one level and left when the desired level is reached. Found in some university libraries.

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