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paten Definition

paten (pat′'n)

noun

a metal disk or plate, esp. one of precious metal for holding the bread in a Eucharistic service

Etymology: ME < OFr patene < L patina: see patella

paten Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • cover: The communion plate includes a cup and cover paten of 1569 and a modern chalice.

Adjective modifier

  • silver: There is a silver communion paten of the early 15th Century.

Noun used with modifier

  • silver: There is also preserved in the church a silver paten, taken by Colonel Kirkby from the French after they had plundered Carthagena.