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Paten

/ˈpætən/

The plate used to hold the host during the Eucharist.

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📖 Definitions of "Paten"

noun

1
The plate used to hold the host during the Eucharist.
2
Any shallow dish found in an archaeological site.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Paten"

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Word	Definition
pattennoun	Any of various types of footwear with thick soles, often used to elevate the foot, especially wooden clogs.
patenanoun	Alternative spelling of paten (“plate for the host in the Eucharist”). [(Christianity) The plate used to hold the host during the Eucharist.]
patinanoun	The colour or incrustation which age and wear give to (mainly metallic) objects; especially, the green rust which covers works of art such as ancient bronzes, coins and medals.
pateranoun	A broad, shallow dish used for drinking, primarily in ritual contexts such as libations.
chargernoun	A device that charges or recharges.
patinenoun	(obsolete) A plate.
padelle	—
paternosternoun	(Christianity) The Lord's Prayer, especially in a Roman Catholic context.
patinnoun	Alternative form of patine. [(obsolete) A plate.]
purificatornoun	One who, or that which, purifies; a purifier.
tokennoun	Something serving as an expression of something else.
padellanoun	A large cup or deep saucer, containing fatty matter in which a wick is placed, used for public illuminations, as at St. Peter's in Rome.
platenoun	A slightly curved but almost flat dish from which food is served or eaten.
patenoun	The interior body, or non-rind portion of cheese, described by its texture, density, and color.
catch platenoun	A plastic plate with a protruding lip used by young children who drop food when eating
pentnoun	(informal, music) A pentatonic scale.
pomenoun	(botany) A type of fruit in which the often edible flesh arises from the swollen base of the flower and not from the carpels.
catchplatenoun	Alternative form of catch plate. [A rectangular piece of metal with one or more holes into which a pin or tenon (of a lock or other mechanism) fits]
palettenoun	(painting) A thin board on which a painter lays and mixes colours.
perchnoun	Any of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca.