Paternoster Definition

pātər-nŏstər, pä-, pătər-
noun
The Lord's Prayer, esp. in Latin.
Webster's New World
One of the large beads of a rosary on which the Lord's Prayer is said.
Webster's New World
A rosary.
Webster's New World
A sequence of words spoken as a prayer or a magic formula.
American Heritage
A weighted fishing line having several jointed attachments for hooks connected by beadlike swivels.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Paternoster

Noun

Singular:
paternoster
Plural:
paternosters

Origin of Paternoster

  • Middle English from Old English from Late Latin Latin pater father pater Latin noster our nes-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin pater (“father") noster (“our") (“our father"), the two first words of the Oratio Dominica (“the Lord's prayer").

    From Wiktionary

Paternoster Sentence Examples

  • Believing in one God, they contented themselves with the Decalogue and the Paternoster.

  • A simple two or three hook paternoster rig baited with rag or crab is the best way to approach this spot.

  • Casting accuracy Terminal set-up is a simple paternoster with the bomb or feeder on a 6-inch link and the hook length about 3 feet.

  • W. H. Hayden, wholesale stationers, founded in 1829 in Paternoster Row, London, moved to no.

  • Probably he was educated at the school attached to the monastery, and in his Testament he has drawn a lively picture of himself as a typical orchard-robbing boy, who had scant relish for matins, fought, and threw creed and paternoster at the cock.

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Words Starting With

PPAPAT

Words Ending With

RERTER

Unscrambles

paternoster

Words Starting With P and Ending With R

Starts With P & Ends With RStarts With PA & Ends With RStarts With P & Ends With ER

Word Length

11 Letter Words11 Letter Words Starting With P11 Letter Words Ending With R