paternoster

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

From Seattle Times • May 25, 2023

The paternoster is the VW Beetle among lifts.

From The Guardian • Aug. 14, 2015

As the paternoster cabin in which he was slowly descending into the bowels of Stuttgart’s town hall plunged into darkness, Dejan Tuco giggled infectiously.

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

By painting a banner=pantli, a stone=tetl, a cactus=nochtli and another stone=tetl, they conveyed the words Pa-te-noch-te, which, approximately, represented paternoster.

From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Nuttall, Zelia