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PATERNOSTER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("paternoster" is a kind of...):
elevator; lift (lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(Roman Catholic Church) the Lord's Prayer in Latin; translates as 'our father'
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Instance hypernyms:
Lord's Prayer (the prayer that Christ gave his disciples in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 6:9-13))
Domain category:
Church of Rome; Roman Catholic; Roman Catholic Church; Roman Church; Western Church (the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy)
