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paddeˈreen, -ine Irish.
Also 9 padhereen.
[a. Ir. paidrín rosary, dim. of paidir Lord's prayer, paternoster, ad. L. pater.]
A bead of the rosary. In quot. 1689 app. fig. a bullet.
1689Apol. Fail. Geo. Walker's Acct. Siege of Derry 26 While the Hand of the Church is preparing Mandates, with a Present of Leaden Padderines to be sent Post by the French and Irish to Saint Patrick in Purgatory. 1849S. Lover Rory O'More 107 Padhereens is the name the Irish give to their beads, upon which they count the number of Paters (or Pathers) they repeat, and hence the name. |