1.  paternoster(n = noun.communication) - (Roman Catholic Church) the Lord's Prayer in Latin; translates as `our father';
is a kind of lord's prayer

2.  paternoster(n = noun.artifact) - 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;
is a kind of elevator, lift

1.  The Lord's prayer, so called from the first two words of the Latin version. [1913 Webster]

2.  A beadlike ornament in moldings. [1913 Webster]

3.  A line with a row of hooks and bead-shaped sinkers. [1913 Webster]

4.  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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

paternoster, n.
1 a the Lord's Prayer, esp. in Latin. b a rosary bead indicating that this is to be said.
2 a lift consisting of a series of linked doorless compartments moving continuously on a circular belt.

Etymology:
OE f. L pater noster our father

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