a type of lift having a chain of open compartments that move continually in an endless loop so that (agile) passengers can step on or off at each floor
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paternoster::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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A special type of elevator is the paternoster, a constantly moving chain of boxes.
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Paternoster square is the part through the archway which is blocked off.
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Paternoster is expecting about 450 tuba players to perform at noon at the free concert outside ESPN Zone.
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The occupy camp is 10 yards from the entrance to paternoster square, the site of the London Stock Exchange.
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The paternoster lifts that serve the nine floors are famous, and are popular with the university students.
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Paternoster Square falls into the same category.
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Paternoster, a specialist pensions firm set up by former Prudential executive Mark Wood, has also been put up for sale.
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It is also notable for its paternoster elevators.
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The Attenborough Tower houses the tallest working paternoster in the UK and is undergoing extensive renovation.
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- (Roman Catholic Church) the Lord's Prayer in Latin; translates as `our father'
- A type of lift having a chain of open compartments that move continually in an endless loop so that (agile) passengers can step on or off at each floor
- Les Pierres de Lecq (Ju00E8rriais: Les Piu00E8rres du00E9 Lu00E9) or the Paternosters are a group of uninhabitable rocks or a reef in the Bailiwick of Jersey between Jersey and Sark, 6u00A0km north of Gru00E8ve de Lecq in Saint Mary, and 22.4u00A0km west of the Cotentin Peninsula in Normandy.
- The Lord's prayer, especially in a Roman Catholic context; A rosary; a string of beads used in counting the prayers said; A slow, continuously moving lift or elevator consisting of a loop of open fronted cabins running the height of a building. ...
- The Lord's Prayer (from the opening words Pater noster) or one of various formulaic prayers (such as the White Paternoster) used as charms (Miller 3485, 3638; Parson 510, 1040).
- A fishing term describing a rig designed to be fished on or close to the seabed, comprising a lead weight and one or more hook snoods attached to droppers above it.
