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Paternoster
/ˈpɑːtəˌnɒstə(ɹ)/
The Lord's prayer, especially in a Roman Catholic context.
📖 Definitions of "Paternoster"
noun
- 1
The Lord's prayer, especially in a Roman Catholic context.
- 2
A slow, continuously moving lift or elevator consisting of a loop of open-fronted cabins running the height of a building.
- 3
A bead-like ornament in mouldings.
- 4
A tackle rig with a heavy sinker at the end of the line, and one or more hooks on traces at right angles spaced above the sinker.
verb
- 1
To try to catch (fish, etc.) with a paternoster rig.
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