paternoster

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Such so-called paternoster elevators still survive in some German public buildings.

From Seattle Times • May 25, 2023

In 1876 the General Post Office in London got one, which is often referred to as the first in the world, although Ellis had installed a paternoster in Oriel Chambers, Liverpool, eight years before.

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

The paternoster is the VW Beetle among lifts.

From The Guardian • Aug. 14, 2015

The expression, "Thy kingdom come," in the paternoster, so different from the latter petition: "May we come into thy kingdom," looks towards an earthly paradise.

From The Cradle of the Christ A Study in Primitive Christianity by Frothingham, Octavius Brooks