paternoster means A surname. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 83 out of 100.
paternoster is pronounced /ˈpɑːtəˌnɒstə(ɹ)/.
noun
- The Lord's Prayer, especially in a Roman Catholic context.“The friar had said his paternosters duly”
- A slow, continuously moving lift or elevator consisting of a loop of open-fronted cabins running the height of a building.
- A bead-like ornament in mouldings.
- A tackle rig with a heavy sinker at the end of the line, and one or more hooks on traces at right angles spaced above the sinker.“A paternoster is any style of hook rig where the hook(s) are on droppers above a fixed sinker. One or two hooks are used on a paternoster rig. The droppers are tied using dropper loops tied directly in the line. The twisted dropper is an ideal knot as it stands out at right angles to the line.”
- A string of beads used in counting prayers that are said.
- Every eleventh bead in a rosary, at which, while counting the beads, the Lord's Prayer is to be repeated.“Holonyms: rosary; prayer beads”
verb
- To try to catch (fish, etc.) with a paternoster rig.