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# paternoster

noun (the Paternoster, paternosters); noun (a paternoster lift — UK)

«paternoster» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (church) The Paternoster is the Lord's Prayer, the prayer Jesus taught, named from its first words in Latin, «Pater noster», meaning «Our Father». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paternoster/#m1)
2. (church) A paternoster can also be one bead in a rosary, or a whole string of prayer beads. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paternoster/#m2)
3. (UK) A paternoster lift is an old kind of lift made of open cabins that keep moving slowly in a loop. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paternoster/#m3)

### In the lessons

In church life lessons it tells the reader about Catholic and old English worship; in history it appears in place names like Paternoster Square in London, where rosary makers worked. Phrases: say the Paternoster, a paternoster lift.

### Examples

- The monks said the Paternoster every morning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paternoster/#x1)
- «Paternoster» is Latin for «Our Father». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paternoster/#x2)
- Christians believe Jesus taught this prayer to his disciples. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paternoster/#x3)
- She moved a bead of her paternoster with each prayer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paternoster/#x4)
- Paternoster Square is next to St Paul's Cathedral. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paternoster/#x5)
- The old office had a paternoster lift that never stopped. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paternoster/#x6)
- You must step quickly into a paternoster lift. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paternoster/#x7)
- "For the next seven years you must not wash yourself, nor comb your hair or beard, neither must you cut your nails nor say one paternoster. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paternoster/#x8)

### Note

Say pat-er-NOS-ter. With a capital P when it means the prayer. In English the same prayer is usually called the Lord's Prayer. Comes from Latin, not French.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «paternoster» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paternoster/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«paternoster» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/paternoster.html) on Mova free.