Paternoster

Definitions: Paternoster

Paternoster

Noun

1. (Roman Catholic) the Lord's Prayer in Latin; translates as "our father".

2. (British) a type of lift having a chain of open compartments that move continually in a loop so that (agile) passengers can step on or off at each floor.

Date "Paternoster" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Food & Agriculture	Light wire rod attached to handline on which to'outrig'a baited hook. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Price	Phrase: no penny no paternoster; point d'argent point de Suisse, no longer pipe no longer dance, no song no supper, if you dance you have to pay the piper, you get what you pay for, there's no such thing as a free lunch.
Worship	Prayer, invocation, supplication, rogation, intercession, orison, holy breathing; petition; (request); collect, litany, Lord's prayer, paternoster; beadroll; latria, dulia, hyperdulia, vigils; revival; cult; anxious meeting, camp meeting; ebenezer, virginal.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Paternoster

English words defined with "Paternoster": Paternoster while. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Paternoster": Gilpin ♦ Paternoster Row. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Paternoster" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

German (lord's prayer, paternoster), Romanian (paternoster), Swedish (paternoster).

Domain	Title
Books	Aandmis oor Paternoster (reference) Die reis na Paternoster : 'n verslag van die tweede Swart Afrikaanse Skrywersimposium gehou op Paternoster vanaf 29 September tot 1 Okober 1995 (reference) Halleluja Paternoster (reference) New International Dictionary of the Old Testament Paternoster (reference) Paternoster Bible History Atlas (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Paternoster" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 55.26% of the time. "Paternoster" is used about 38 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	55.26%	21	76,261
Noun (proper)	44.74%	17	85,106
Total	100.00%	38	N/A

Expressions using "Paternoster": paternoster pump ♦ paternoster wheel ♦ paternoster while. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "Paternoster"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		tespihe (beads, chaplet, rosaries, rosary), lutje (appeal, application, claim, cry, demand, desire, devotion, devotions, entreaty, obsecration, obtestation, orison, petition, plea, pleading, prayer, praying, request, rogation, supplication, wish). (various references)

Bulgarian		връв на въдица с куки, вид асансьор, заклинание (adjuration, charm, conjuration, exorcism, incantation, invocation, obtestation, spell), броеница (chaplet, worry beads). (various references)

Danish		paternoster (batcher with endless belt, dandy, pater-noster), oprulningsvalse med endeløst bånd (batcher with endless belt). (various references)

Dutch		paternoster (dandy, pater-noster). (various references)

Finnish		paternoster-onki (dandy), jatkuvatoiminen rullapakkauskone (batcher with endless belt), jatkuvatoiminen kankaanrullauskone (batcher with endless belt). (various references)

French		pater-noster (pater-noster), paternoster, enrouleur � bandes sans fin. (various references)

German		Paternosterwicker (batcher with endless belt), paternoster (lord's prayer, pater-noster), Brandungsangel (dandy). (various references)

Greek		paternoster (dandy), μηχανή τυλίγματος σε ρόλο με ατέρμονα ιμάντα (batcher with endless belt), πάτερ ημών (lord's prayer). (various references)

Hungarian		páternoszter, miatyánk (lord's prayer). (various references)

Italian		paternoster (dandy, pater-noster), padrenostro. (various references)

Manx		Padjer yn chiarn (Lord's Prayer), fartiman (ground line, long line, long line from shore, night line). (various references)

Pig Latin		aternosterpay

Portuguese		pai-nosso (lord's supper), padre-nosso, varestilha (dandy), licença paternidade, guarda-chuva (Brolly, dandy, gingivitis, mushroom, umbrella), espinel (spinel), enrolador de tapete sem-fim (batcher with endless belt), barqueira (dandy). (various references)

Romanian		povestire plicticoasã, paternoster, tatãl nostru (the lord's prayer), mãtãnii (chaplet, rosary), formulã magicã (incantation), elevator (elevator, hoist). (various references)

Russian		отче наш, нория (chain and buckets), заклятие. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		očenaš. (various references)

Spanish		paternóster, balancín (balance pole, balancer, bell crank, dandy, equalizer, equalizing bar, horn, lifting beam, lifting eyes of the heavier moulding boxes, outrigger, rocker, rocker arm, seesaw, singletree, sling beam, sway-beam, valve rocker, yoke). (various references)

Swedish		paternosterverk (elevator), paternostertackel (dandy, pater-noster), paternosterkula, paternosterhiss, paternoster, upprullningsvals med paternosterverk (batcher with endless belt), radband (rosary), fadervår. (various references)

Turkish		tesbih, rabbin duası, kancalı ve ucu kurşunlu olta. (various references)

Ukranian		отче наш, заклинання (adjuration, charm, conjuration, exorcism, incantation, mantra, spell). (various references)

Welsh		pader (Lord's Prayer). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	pater noster. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "Paternoster": paternosters. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Paternoster" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: paternostered, Peternousek. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: transportee.
	Words within the letters "a-e-e-n-o-p-r-r-s-t-t"
	-1 letter: repatterns, tetraspore.
	-2 letters: entrepots, operettas, patentors, patterers, perorates, personate, poetaster, potterers, pretreats, prostrate, protester, ratteners, repattern, transport.
	-3 letters: antrorse, earstone, entreats, entrepot, operants, operates, operetta, partners, patentor, patterer, patterns, peartest, perorate, personae, portents, postteen, potteens, potterer, praetors, pretaste, pretreat, proettes, pronates, prorates, prostate, proteans, protease, ratteens, rattener, reasoner, resonate, retreats, rostrate, rottener, taperers, terranes, torrents, transept, trapnest, treaters, treetops.
	-4 letters: arenose, arpents, atoners, attorns, earners, earnest, eastern, entraps, entreat, errants, esparto, estreat, estrone, natters, nearest, neatest, netters, notates, openers, openest, operant, operate, parents, parrots, partner, partons, pastern, patents, patrons, pattens, pattern, patters, pearter, penates, penster, pentose, perrons, persona, pertest, petters, portent, porters, posteen, postern, poteens, potteen, potters, praetor, praters, present, presort, prester, pretest, pretors, proette, pronate, prorate, protean, proteas, protest, ranters, raptors, ratteen, rattens, ratters, rattons, reapers, reearns, renters, reopens, repeats, repents, reports, reposer, reptant, restart, restate, restore, retapes, retaste, retears, retorts, retreat, roaster, roseate, rosette, rotates, rotters, seaport, senator, septate, serpent, serrano, serrate, snorter, spatter, spearer, sporran, sporter, spotter, starter, stentor, sterner, stertor, taperer, tapster, tarpons, teapots, tearers, tenters, teopans, ternate, terrane, terrets, toaster, torrent, treason, treater, treetop, trepans.
	-5 letters: antres, aprons, aptest, aretes, arpens, arpent, arrest, arseno, astern, atoner, atones, attorn, earner, easter, eaters, enates, enrapt, entera, enters, entrap, eraser, errant, estate, etapes, natter, nearer, neater, nester, nestor, netops, netter, notate, noters, oaters, opener, operas, orates, ornate, ottars, otters, paeons, pantos, parent, pareos, parers, parrot, parser, parson, parton, paster, pastor, patens, patent, paters, patron, pattee, patten, patter, peasen, peones, pereon, perron, person, perter, peseta, pester, peters, petter, pontes, porter, poster, poteen, potent, potter, prater, prates, preens, preset, presto, pretor, proser, protea, ranees, ranter, rapers, raptor, rarest, rasper, raster, raters, ratten, ratter, ratton, reaper, reason, reearn, renest, renter, rentes, reopen, repast, repeat, repent, report, repose, repots, repros, rerose, reseat, resent, resort, respot, rester, retape, retear, retest, retore, retorn, retort, retros, ropers, roster, rostra, rotate, rotten, rotter, rottes, sapote, sartor, sateen, searer, seater, senate, senora, septet, serape, setter, snarer, snorer, soaper, soarer, sorner, sorter, sparer, sprent, starer, stater, stator, stereo, sterna, stoner, stoper, street, tapers, tarots, tarpon, tarres, tarter, taster, taters, teapot, tearer, teaser, tenets, tenors, tenser, tensor, tenter, teopan, ternes, terrae, terras, terret, terser, testae, tester, teston, tetras, toners, topees, topers, torten, tortes, toters, trapes, treats, treens, trepan, tronas, trones, tropes.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-e-n-o-p-r-r-s-t-t"
	+1 letter: paternosters, transportees.
	+2 letters: perpetrations, predestinator.
	+3 letters: interpellators, predestinators, pretournaments, reexportations, representation.
	+4 letters: anthropometries, interoperatives, interpretations, preregistration, preservationist, preterminations, representations.
	+5 letters: preregistrations, preservationists, reapportionments, representational.
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