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PATER NOSTER

Volume 16 · 55 words · 1815 Edition

the Lord's Prayer, so called from the first words thereof in Latin.

PATER Nofer, islands of Asia, in the East Indian sea, so called because of the great number of rocks, which sailors have likened to the beads with which the Papists tell their pater-nofter. They abound in corn and fruits, and are very populous.