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Webster 1913 Edition
Paternoster
Pa′ter-nosˊter
,Noun.
[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.
Paternoster pump
, Paternoster wheel
a chain pump; a noria.
– Paternoster while
, the space of time required for repeating a paternoster.
Udall.
Webster 1828 Edition
Paternoster
PA'TERNOSTER
,Noun.