(n): the prayer that Christ gave his disciples in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 6:9-13)
(n): a type of lift having a chain of open compartments that move continually in an endless loop so that (agile) passengers can step on or off at each floor
(n): lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building
I remember there was one of these in Heinrich Böll's story "Dr Murkes Gesammeltes Schweigen".
The continuous lift thing called a paternoster is a scary device indeed. Give it an ominous, cataclysmic-sounding name and you have not exactly the best invention ever.
a kind of circular lift. One's first words upon stepping into one of these may well be a pleasingly coincidental “Oh my God!”.
From Latin, it essentially means "our father".