paternoster

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

From Seattle Times

They are typically loaded in groups of about half a dozen onto something like a paternoster lift, which lowers them gradually into ever higher concentrations of the gas.

From BBC

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

The building still has a working paternoster to its offices, one of those fabulous elevators with open cabins that never stop going up and down. 

From Forbes

After the 70th Psalm comes a paternoster sub silentio—that is, all present 172 stand up, and a short silent inward prayer ensues, and a pause.

From Project Gutenberg