paten

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And here, first the Bible, paten, and cup, were brought and placed upon the altar.

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  1. noun A plate, usually of gold or silver, that is used to hold the host during the celebration of the Eucharist. Also called patina1.
  2. noun A plate or shallow dish, especially an artifact from an ancient civilization.
  3. noun A thin disk of or resembling metal.

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  • Her copies of our chalice and paten are to be on view—you have heard Yes; I am immensely interested. —  When Last I Died - Gladys Mitchell - Bradley 13: 1941
  • The chalice and paten are too well known, I should have thought, for thieves to take the risk of stealing them, and to sell the melted-down metal would not be worth while Every private collector knows them, and so do all the museums. —  When Last I Died - Gladys Mitchell - Bradley 13: 1941
  • The alien priest raised the paten, the chalice, and the ruby blade each in a separate appendage. —  F ;SF - vol 089 issue 02 - August 1995
  • By the bye, that cup you seek is usually in a cabinet next to something called a 'paten'. —  Latest entries from endlesslyrocking.blog-city.com
  • Berlawanan dengan model hak milik intelektual seperti paten, hak milik, hak cipta, yang membatasi penggunaan hasil litbang, open source justru memberikannya secara gratis dan bebas. —  Planet Terasi
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English, from Old French patene, from Medieval Latin patina, from Latin, pan, from Greek patanē, platter; see petə- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Formerly also patten, patin, patine; from Middle English *paten, pateyn, patent, a paten (ecclesiastical), from Latin patina, patena (Sicilian Greek πατάνη), a broad shallow dish, a pan, a kind of cake, from patere, lie open: see patent. Cf. pan, ult. from Latin patina, and diminutive, patella.
 

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