Paternoster
Pronunciation : Pa"ter*nos`ter
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L., Our Father.]
Definition : 1. The Lord's prayer, so called from the first two words of the Latin version.
2. (Arch.)
Defn: A beadlike ornament in moldings.
3. (Angling)
Defn: A line with a row of hooks and bead Paternoster pump, Paternoster wheel, a chain pump; a noria. -- Paternoster while, the space of time required for repeating a paternoster. Udall.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913