PATEN


Meaning of PATEN in English

[pat.en] n [ME, fr. MF patene, fr. ML & L; ML patina, fr. L, shallow dish, fr. Gk patane] (14c) 1: a plate usu. made of precious metal and used to carry the bread at the Eucharist

2. a: plate b: something (as a metal disk) resembling a plate

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