%paternoster%

n. [ L., Our Father. ] 1. The Lord's prayer, so called from the first two words of the Latin version. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) A beadlike ornament in moldings. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Angling) A line with a row of hooks and bead-shaped sinkers. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]