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paten(dictionary)

paten (iou)



paten noun. Also patine. ME.
[Anglo-Norman var. of Old & mod. French patene or Latin patena, -ina shallow dish or pan from Greek patane plate.]
Christian Church. A (usu. gold or silver) plate on which the host is laid during the Eucharist and which may serve as a cover for the chalice at the time of communion. ME.
b. gen. A shallow dish or plate. Now chiefly Hist. LME.
A thin metal disc. L16.
patener noun (Hist.) an acolyte who held up the empty paten during a part of high mass in medieval times M19.