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paternoster

[pey-ter-nos-ter, pah‑, pat-er‑] / ˈpeɪ tərˈnɒs tər, ˈpɑ‑, ˈpæt ər‑ /


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

From Seattle Times • May 25, 2023

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

Out out, one in There are an estimated 250 paternoster lifts still in use in Germany.

From The Guardian • Aug. 14, 2015

But that did not satisfy him; he added a Christian paternoster.

From A Struggle for Rome, Vol. 2 (of 3) by Dahn, Felix




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