Pater Noster

noun

1. the Lord's Prayer, esp. in Latin
   often Pater Noster
2. 1. one of the large beads of a rosary on which the Lord's Prayer is said
   2. Archaic a rosary
3. a muttered prayer or incantation

Origin: ME < ML(Ec) < LL(Ec) Pater noster, opening words of the Lord's Prayer < L pater, father + noster, our: see nostrum