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Paternoster is an English word with synonyms like elevator or lift. Below you'll find 8 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Paternoster in a sentence

Paternoster meaning

  1. The Lord's Prayer, especially in a Roman Catholic context.
  2. A slow, continuously moving lift or elevator consisting of a loop of open-fronted cabins running the height of a building.
  3. A bead-like ornament in mouldings.

Synonyms of Paternoster

lord's prayer elevator lift

Using Paternoster

  • The main meaning on this page is: The Lord's Prayer, especially in a Roman Catholic context. | 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.
  • Useful related words include: lord's prayer, elevator, lift.
  • In the example corpus, paternoster often appears in combinations such as: paternoster chop.

Context around Paternoster

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 15.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 3 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 6 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Paternoster

  • In this selection, "paternoster" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 15.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, restaurant, jimmy, longmans, chop, gang and lift stand out and add context to how "paternoster" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and longmans paternoster row and dates restaurant paternoster chop house. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "paternoster" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with paternoster

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

What is a Paternoster lift? (5 words)

London: printed for Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, Paternoster-Row. (10 words)

I’d also like to thank Jimmy Paternoster for everything he’s done. (13 words)

Vastra, a Silurian detective, and her wife, Flint, were part of the Paternoster Gang, along with the Sontaran Strax (Dan Starkey). (21 words)

Paternoster Chop House offers a delicious menu that is sure to appeal to a wide market of fans and local customers. (21 words)

The restaurant, in Paternoster, outside Cape Town, shot to prominence when it was voted the world’s best restaurant. (19 words)

What is a Paternoster lift? (5 words)

Where is the First Dates restaurant Paternoster Chop House, is it expensive and what's on the menu? (18 words)

Example sentences (8)

Vastra, a Silurian detective, and her wife, Flint, were part of the Paternoster Gang, along with the Sontaran Strax (Dan Starkey).

What is a Paternoster lift?

The restaurant, in Paternoster, outside Cape Town, shot to prominence when it was voted the world’s best restaurant.

Paternoster Chop House offers a delicious menu that is sure to appeal to a wide market of fans and local customers.

Where is the First Dates restaurant Paternoster Chop House, is it expensive and what's on the menu?

I’d also like to thank Jimmy Paternoster for everything he’s done.

Paternoster Square had a redesign in 2003, and is now a tame neo-classical space, designed to offend nobody.

London: printed for Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, Paternoster-Row.

Common combinations with paternoster

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "paternoster" in a sentence?
An example: "Vastra, a Silurian detective, and her wife, Flint, were part of the Paternoster Gang, along with the Sontaran Strax (Dan Starkey)." This page contains 8 example sentences with the word "paternoster" from authentic English texts.
What does "paternoster" mean?
Paternoster means: The Lord's Prayer, especially in a Roman Catholic context.
What are synonyms of "paternoster"?
Common synonyms of "paternoster" include: lord's prayer, elevator, lift.
How many example sentences with "paternoster" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 8 example sentences with "paternoster", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.