paternoster (bead)

  • 1Paternoster — Pa ter*nos ter, n. [L., Our Father.] 1. The Lord s prayer, so called from the first two words of the Latin version. [1913 Webster] 2. (Arch.) A beadlike ornament in moldings. [1913 Webster] 3. (Angling) A line with a row of hooks and bead shaped… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2Paternoster pump — Paternoster Pa ter*nos ter, n. [L., Our Father.] 1. The Lord s prayer, so called from the first two words of the Latin version. [1913 Webster] 2. (Arch.) A beadlike ornament in moldings. [1913 Webster] 3. (Angling) A line with a row of hooks and… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 3Paternoster wheel — Paternoster Pa ter*nos ter, n. [L., Our Father.] 1. The Lord s prayer, so called from the first two words of the Latin version. [1913 Webster] 2. (Arch.) A beadlike ornament in moldings. [1913 Webster] 3. (Angling) A line with a row of hooks and… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 4Paternoster while — Paternoster Pa ter*nos ter, n. [L., Our Father.] 1. The Lord s prayer, so called from the first two words of the Latin version. [1913 Webster] 2. (Arch.) A beadlike ornament in moldings. [1913 Webster] 3. (Angling) A line with a row of hooks and… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 5paternoster — the Lord s Prayer, O.E. Pater Noster, from L. pater noster our father, first words of the Lord s Prayer in Latin. Meaning set of rosary beads first recorded mid 13c. Paternoster Row, near St. Paul s in London (similarly named streets are found in …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 6bead — 1. noun /biːd/ a) Prayer, later especially with a rosary. That he must believe in the Pope; go to Mass; cross himself; tell his beads; be a good Catholick, and that this, in all conscience, was enough to carry him to heaven. b) Each in a string… …

    Wiktionary

  • 7paternoster —   n. Lord s Prayer, or recital of it; rosary bead on which this is said; curse or spell; bead like moulding; doorless, continuously moving lift/elevator …

    Dictionary of difficult words

  • 8paternoster — /pay teuhr nos teuhr, pah , pat euhr /, n. 1. (often cap.) Also, Pater Noster. the Lord s Prayer, esp. in the Latin form. 2. a recitation of this prayer as an act of worship. 3. one of certain beads in a rosary, regularly every 11th bead,… …

    Universalium

  • 9paternoster — [ˌpatə nɒstə] noun 1》 (in the Roman Catholic Church) the Lord s Prayer, especially in Latin.     ↘a special rosary bead indicating that the Lord s Prayer is to be recited. 2》 a lift consisting of a series of linked compartments moving… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 10paternoster — /patəˈnɒstə/ (say pahtuh nostuh) noun 1. Also, Pater Noster. the Lord s Prayer, especially in the Latin form. 2. a recital of this prayer as an act of worship. 3. one of certain beads in a rosary, usually every eleventh bead, differing in size or …