Paternoster

Paternoster [first words of the Lord’s Prayer, cf. Matth. vi 9; al. div.] 1 the Lord’s Prayer (indeclinable): a (as recited text); b (as written text). a 1006 canant ‥ kyrrieleison, Pater Noster ‥ Comp. Swith. 182n; omnis Christianus ‥ sciat Pater noster et credo in Deum (Quad.) GAS 303; 1227 laici dicant viginti quatuor Pater noster pro matutinis M. Par. Maj. III 138; quedam vidua paupercula tenet quoddam mesuagium pro quo facit servicium v Paternost’ dicendorum per diem Fees 1281; licet dicat horas, Paternoster et Ave AncrR 36; 1496 ad dicendum unum Paternoster et unum Ave Maria ‥ ExchScot 585; 1549 dicendi Pater Noster pro gratia obtinenda Conc. Scot. II 116. b scribe Pater noster in utroque GAS 425. 2 rosary. b (par de ~is or sim.) a set of rosary beads. 1267 habent [idololatre] in manibus ‥ quandam chordam centum vel ducentorum nucleorum, sicut nos pater noster Bacon Maj. I 373; quod tu defers ‥ sonam sericam et patrenostres preciosas contra decenciam ordinis et status tui (Vis.) EHR XLVII 270. b j par de paternoster pro j d. Rec. Leic. I 363; 1336 cepit ‥ unum par de paternostris SelCKB V 90; 1402 unum parvum par de paternosteres auri Foed. VIII 277; 1415 unum par de pater noster de curallo cum gaudiis de aumbre Ib. IX 276; 1415 unum par pater noster de auro puro anamellatorum ‥ cum gaudiis de auro puro Reg. Cant. II 20. 3 (passing into surname). 1195 Robertus Paternoster pater Roberti (Ann. Reading) EHR XXXVII 403; 1261 Willelmus Paternoster Cl 392; 1276 Alanus Pater noster Hal. Durh. 11; 1316 Willelmo dicto Paternoster Cart. Osney II 11. 4 (bot.) seed of jequirity (Abrus precatorius) used to make rosary bead or medicine. portata sunt emperica pilosella minor collecta cum iij pater noster, herba Sancti Johannis, et agrimonia Gad. 126. 2.

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