Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun paternoster

2 senses of paternoster

Sense 1
Paternoster -- ((Roman Catholic Church) the Lord's Prayer in Latin; translates as `our father')
       INSTANCE OF=> Lord's Prayer -- (the prayer that Christ gave his disciples in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 6:9-13))

Sense 2
paternoster -- (a type of lift having a chain of open compartments that move continually in an endless loop so that (agile) passengers can step on or off at each floor)
       => elevator, lift -- (lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building)