PATERNOSTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Paternoster mean? 

• PATERNOSTER (noun)
  The noun PATERNOSTER has 2 senses:

1. (Roman Catholic Church) the Lord's Prayer in Latin; translates as 'our father'

2. 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

  Familiarity information: PATERNOSTER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PATERNOSTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Instance hypernyms:

Lord's Prayer (the prayer that Christ gave his disciples in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 6:9-13))

Domain category:

Church of Rome; Roman Catholic; Roman Catholic Church; Roman Church; Western Church (the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("paternoster" is a kind of...):

elevator; lift (lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)