Associations to the word «Paternoster»

PATERNOSTER, noun. The Lord's prayer, especially in a Roman Catholic context.

PATERNOSTER, noun. (archaic) A patent medicine, so named because salesmen would pray the Lord's prayer over it before selling it.

PATERNOSTER, noun. (archaic) A rosary; a string of beads used in counting the prayers said.

PATERNOSTER, noun. A slow, continuously moving lift or elevator consisting of a loop of open-fronted cabins running the height of a building, the arrangement resembling a rosary. The moving compartment is entered at one level and left when the desired level is reached.

PATERNOSTER, noun. (architecture) A bead-like ornament in mouldings.

PATERNOSTER, noun. (fishing) (AU) 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.

PATERNOSTER, verb. (fishing) (transitive) To try to catch (fish, etc.) with a paternoster rig.

PATERNOSTER, noun. (Roman Catholic Church) the Lord's Prayer in Latin; translates as `our father'.

PATERNOSTER, noun. 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.