paternoster

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English paternoster, pater noster, from Old English Paternoster, from Latin Pater noster (“our father”) (the first two words of the Oratio Dominica (“the Lord's prayer”)), from pater (“father”) + noster (“our”). The lift and the fishing equipment are named from their resemblance to a rosary. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɑːtəˌnɒstə(ɹ)/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɑtəɹˌnɔstɚ/, /-ˌnɑstɚ/ Hyphenation: pa‧ter‧nos‧ter === Noun === paternoster (plural paternosters) (Christianity) The Lord's Prayer, especially in a Roman Catholic context. A slow, continuously moving lift or elevator consisting of a loop of open-fronted cabins running the height of a building. (architecture, millwork) A bead-like ornament in mouldings. (fishing) 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. (Christianity, archaic) A string of beads used in counting prayers that are said. Hypernym: prayer beads Coordinate term: rosary (broadly synonymous) (Christianity, archaic) Every eleventh bead in a rosary, at which, while counting the beads, the Lord's Prayer is to be repeated. Hypernym: prayer bead Holonyms: rosary; prayer beads (Christianity, archaic) A medieval artisan who crafted rosary beads or prayer nuts. (archaic) A patent medicine, so named because salesmen would pray the Lord's Prayer over it before selling it. Near-synonyms: nostrum, nostrum remedium ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === paternoster (third-person singular simple present paternosters, present participle paternostering, simple past and past participle paternostered) (fishing, transitive) To try to catch (fish, etc.) with a paternoster rig. === Further reading === Lord's prayer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Paternoster lift on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === penetrators, seropattern, transportee == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch paternoster, from Latin Pater noster. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌpaː.tərˈnɔs.tər/ Hyphenation: pa‧ter‧nos‧ter Rhymes: -ɔstər === Noun === paternoster m or n (plural paternosters, diminutive paternostertje n) (Roman Catholicism) a rosary, a paternoster Synonym: rozenkrans a paternoster elevator Synonym: paternosterlift ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === Paternoster === Further reading === paternoster on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl == Middle English == === Noun === paternoster alternative form of pater noster == Polish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin Pater noster. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pa.tɛrˈnɔs.tɛr/ Rhymes: -ɔstɛr Syllabification: pa‧ter‧nos‧ter === Noun === paternoster m inan (Christianity, especially Roman Catholicism) Lord's Prayer (prayer which, according to the New Testament of the Bible, Jesus Christ taught his disciples in the Sermon on the Mount) Synonyms: Modlitwa Pańska, ojczenasz, Ojcze nasz (mechanics) paternoster (slow, continuously moving lift or elevator consisting of a loop of open-fronted cabins running the height of a building) Synonyms: dźwig okrężny, winda paciorkowa (Christianity) paternoster, rosary (string of beads used in counting prayers that are said) (fishing) paternoster (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) (archaic, humorous) rebuke, warning Synonyms: upomnienie, bura ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “paternoster”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “paternoster”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[3] (in Polish) paternoster in PWN's encyclopedia == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French pater-noster or German Paternoster. === Noun === paternoster n (uncountable) paternoster lift ==== Declension ==== == Swedish == === Noun === paternoster n (Christianity) paternoster (the Lord's Prayer, especially in a Roman Catholic context) Synonyms: fadervår, Herrens bön (Christianity) a paternoster (rosary) Synonyms: radband, rosenkrans, rosarium ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== paternosterhiss === References === “paternoster”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “paternoster”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “paternoster”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)