(n)a type of lift having a chain of open compartments that move continually in an endless loop so that (agile) passengers can step on or off at each floor
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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 ]