paternoster
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Such so-called paternoster elevators still survive in some German public buildings.
From Seattle Times ● May 25, 2023
“I’m used to talking about the Greek crisis, or the recent train drivers’ strike, but little did I expect that the paternoster would turn into my subject,” Strohschneider said.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 14, 2015
Out out, one in There are an estimated 250 paternoster lifts still in use in Germany.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 14, 2015
Nowadays, the very paternoster that inspired Heinrich Böll’s story is the setting for a popular weekly radio celebrity interview by West German Radio called the WDR2 Paternoster.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 14, 2015
A cardinal gave him a napkin, his splendid cape was put again over his shoulders, and, with a paternoster the ceremony was over.
From Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe by N. Parker Willis
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