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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Paternoster \Pa"ter*nos'ter\, noun [L., Our Father.]
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.
4. (Mining) An elevator of an inclined endless traveling chain or belt bearing buckets or shelves which ascend on one side loaded, and empty themselves at the top. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
{Paternoster pump}, {Paternoster wheel}, a chain pump; a noria.
{Paternoster while}, the space of time required for repeating a paternoster. --Udall.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
Paternoster
noun
1: (Roman Catholic Church) the Lord's Prayer in Latin; translates as 'our father'
2: a type of lift having a chain of open compartments that move continually in a loop so that (agile) passengers can step on or off at each floor
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
65 Moby Thesaurus words for "Paternoster": Agnus Dei, Alleluia, Anamnesis, Angelus, Ave, Ave Maria, Blessing, Canon, Collect, Communion, Consecration, Credo, Dismissal, Epistle, Fraction, Gloria, Gospel, Gradual, Hail Mary, Introit, Kyrie, Kyrie Eleison, Last Gospel, Lavabo, Offertory, Pax, Post-Communion, Preface, Sanctus, Secreta, Tersanctus, Tract, aid prayer, appeal, beadroll, beads, beseechment, bidding prayer, breviary, chaplet, collect, communion, contemplation, devotions, entreaty, grace, impetration, imploration, intercession, invocation, litany, meditation, obsecration, obtestation, orison, petition, prayer, prayer wheel, rogation, rosary, silent prayer, suit, supplication, thanks, thanksgiving
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