how to pronounce paternoster

/ˈpɑːtəˌnɒstəɹ/

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paternoster is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of paternoster in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… saw Paternoster elevators installed in …”

meanings of paternoster

noun:

The Lord's prayer, especially in a Roman Catholic context.
A tackle rig with a heavy sinker at the end of the line, and one or more hooks on traces at right angles spaced above the sinker.
Every eleventh bead in a rosary, at which, while counting the beads, the Lord's Prayer is to be repeated.
A medieval artisan who crafted rosary beads or prayer nuts.
A patent medicine, so named because salesmen would pray the Lord's Prayer over it before selling it.
A bead-like ornament in mouldings.
A slow, continuously moving lift or elevator consisting of a loop of open-fronted cabins running the height of a building.
A string of beads used in counting prayers that are said; a rosary.

verb:

To try to catch (fish, etc.) with a paternoster rig.

name:

A surname.

paternoster frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word paternoster occurs in english on average 0.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics paternoster can be related to

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