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Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
paternoster is a noun meaning "(Roman Catholic Church) the Lord's Prayer in Latin; translates as `our father'". It carries 2 recorded senses.
(Roman Catholic Church) the Lord's Prayer in Latin; translates as `our father'
Roman Catholic
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
United Kingdom
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for paternoster come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.