paten
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.
Browse dictionary entries near paten
- patelliform
- patellar reflex
- patella
- -pated
- pate
- patd
- PATCO
- patchy
- patchwork
- patchouli
