paternoster

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Such so-called paternoster elevators still survive in some German public buildings.

From Seattle Times • May 25, 2023

It warns of the “risk of being crushed … between car and landing”, and states that the paternoster is only to be ridden “at the user’s own risk”.

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

The loop: down and back up There have been no new paternoster lifts installed since 1974, because of access problems and safety concerns.

From The Guardian • Aug. 14, 2015

The expression, "Thy kingdom come," in the paternoster, so different from the latter petition: "May we come into thy kingdom," looks towards an earthly paradise.

From The Cradle of the Christ A Study in Primitive Christianity by Frothingham, Octavius Brooks