(often Paternoster) the Lord's Prayer, esp in Latin
(often Paternoster) the recital of this in the Roman Catholic Church
a large rosary bead that indicates when the Lord's Prayer should be recited
a type of lift without doors that moves continuously, allowing people to step on and off as it moves
a weighted fishing line with a row of hooks
[Middle English via late Latin from Latin pater noster our father (the first words of the prayer)]