paternoster
Example Sentences
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Such so-called paternoster elevators still survive in some German public buildings.
From Seattle Times • May 25, 2023
I’m too impatient to wait for a conventional lift and the best thing about a paternoster is that you can hop on and off it as you please.
From The Guardian • Aug. 14, 2015
The loop: from the top The paternoster has been dubbed the ‘socialist among elevators’.
From The Guardian • Aug. 14, 2015
The loop: down and back up There have been no new paternoster lifts installed since 1974, because of access problems and safety concerns.
From The Guardian • Aug. 14, 2015
Not a thought of prayer, not one paternoster entered his mind.
From The French Prisoners of Norman Cross A Tale by Brown, Arthur, Rev.
