pa·ter·nos·ter /ˌpɑtɚ/
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 Pa·ter·nos·ter n.
 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.
 4. Mining 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.
 Paternoster pump, Paternoster wheel, a chain pump; a noria.
 Paternoster while, the space of time required for repeating a paternoster. --Udall.

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 Paternoster
      n 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 a loop so that (agile) passengers can step
         on or off at each floor