paternoster
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Such so-called paternoster elevators still survive in some German public buildings.
From Seattle Times • May 25, 2023
As the paternoster cabin in which he was slowly descending into the bowels of Stuttgart’s town hall plunged into darkness, Dejan Tuco giggled infectiously.
From The Guardian • Aug. 14, 2015
Out out, one in There are an estimated 250 paternoster lifts still in use in Germany.
From The Guardian • Aug. 14, 2015
The loop: from the top The paternoster has been dubbed the ‘socialist among elevators’.
From The Guardian • Aug. 14, 2015
A cardinal gave him a napkin, his splendid cape was put again over his shoulders, and, with a paternoster the ceremony was over.
From Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe by Willis, N. Parker
