noun a beadlike ornament in moldings.
2. paternoster ·noun a line with a row of hooks and bead/shaped sinkers.
3. paternoster ·noun the lord's prayer, so called from the first two words of the latin version.
4. paternoster ·add. ·noun an elevator of an inclined endless traveling chain or belt bearing buckets or shelves which ascend on one side loaded, and empty themselves at the top.