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paternoster

[pey-ter-nos-ter, pah‑, pat-er‑] / ˈpeɪ tərˈnɒs tər, ˈpɑ‑, ˈpæt ər‑ /


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

From Seattle Times • May 25, 2023

Out out, one in There are an estimated 250 paternoster lifts still in use in Germany.

From The Guardian • Aug. 14, 2015

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

Nowadays, the very paternoster that inspired Heinrich Böll’s story is the setting for a popular weekly radio celebrity interview by West German Radio called the WDR2 Paternoster.

From The Guardian • Aug. 14, 2015

He would have every child in his empire to know at least his paternoster, and every abbot on election was required to endow the monastery with some books.

From The Story of Paris by Kimball, Katherine