- paternoster[paternoster 词源字典]
- paternoster: see patron
[paternoster etymology, paternoster origin, 英语词源] - paternoster (n.)
- "the Lord's Prayer," Old English Pater Noster, from Latin pater noster "our father," first words of the Lord's Prayer in Latin. Meaning "set of rosary beads" first recorded mid-13c. Paternoster Row, near St. Paul's in London (similarly named streets are found in other cathedral cities), reflects the once-important industry of rosary bead-making.