Pa″ter‐nos′ter (?), n. 1. The Lord's prayer, so called from the first two words of the Latin version.
2. (Arch.) A beadlike ornament in moldings.
3. (Angling) A line with a row of hooks and bead�shaped sinkers.
Paternoster pump, Paternoster wheel, a chain pump; a noria. — Paternoster while, the space of time required for repeating a paternoster. Udall.