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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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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