Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A plate, usually of gold or silver, that is used to hold the host during the celebration of the Eucharist.
- noun A plate or shallow dish, especially an artifact from an ancient civilization.
- noun A thin disk of or resembling metal.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A broad shallow dish; a bowl.
- noun Eccles., a plate or flat dish; in the communion service of certain liturgical churches, the plate on which the consecrated bread is placed.
- noun A plate, as of metal.
- noun An obsolete form of
patten . - noun An iron plate used in making plate-armor.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A plate.
- noun (Eccl.) The place on which the consecrated bread is placed in the Eucharist, or on which the host is placed during the Mass. It is usually small, and formed as to fit the chalice, or cup, as a cover.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
plate used to hold thehost during theEucharist . - noun archaeology Any shallow
dish found in an archaeological site.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The word paten comes from a Latin form patina or patena, evidently imitated from the Greek patane.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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He receives the paten from the deacon and places the Host upon the corporal.
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The eucharistic vessel known as the paten is a small shallow plate or disc of precious metal upon which the element of bread is offered to
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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Lot seventy-three, a quite remarkable example of early Byzantine artwork known as a paten.
The Black Madonna Davis Bunn 2010
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A paten was a sacramental plate designed to hold the holy wafers.
The Black Madonna Davis Bunn 2010
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A paten is a shallow circular dish of metal on which the bread is placed for the Eucharist, and represents the dish used at the Last Supper.
A Handbook of Symbols in Christian Art Gertrude Grace Sill 1975
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A paten is a shallow circular dish of metal on which the bread is placed for the Eucharist, and represents the dish used at the Last Supper.
A Handbook of Symbols in Christian Art Gertrude Grace Sill 1975
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Over this he places a small silver or gold plate called the paten, on which he places a host -- that is, a thin piece of white bread prepared for Mass, perfectly round, and about the size of the bottom of
Baltimore Catechism No. 4 (of 4) An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine Thomas L. Kinkead
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Patrick, and of them I have seen three square patens, that is, a paten in the Church of Patrick in Armagh, and another in the Church of Elphin, and
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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The paten is a vessel of the altar on which the altar-bread is offered in the Holy Sacrifice.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
bilby commented on the word paten
"It was furnished with pine cupboards in which altar clothes and vestments were stored. Nearby, on a long table, were laid out silver patens for the communion."
- 'The Colour Of Blood', Brian Moore.
January 3, 2008
knitandpurl commented on the word paten
""... Also a silver paten and chalice, a wooden crucifix, a silver wafer box, the Epistles, the Gospels, and the regimental colors of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, Seventh Battalion," he read."
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis, p 4
July 2, 2010