Paternoster /(?)/

Pa·ter·nos·ter

Paternoster

n.
  1. The Lord's prayer, so called from the first two words of the Latin version.
  2. A beadlike ornament in moldings. (Arch.)
  3. A line with a row of hooks and bead-shaped sinkers. (Angling)
  4. 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. (Mining)

Phrases & Compounds

Paternoster pump
a chain pump; a noria.
Paternoster while
the space of time required for repeating a paternoster.