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pat·en

also pat·in (păt′n)

1. A plate, usually of gold or silver, that is used to hold the host during the celebration of the Eucharist. Also called patina¹.

2. A plate or shallow dish, especially an artifact from an ancient civilization.

3. A thin disk of or resembling metal.

[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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paten

(ˈpætən) ,

patin

patine

(Ecclesiastical Terms) a plate, usually made of silver or gold, esp the plate on which the bread is placed in the Eucharist

[C13: from Old French patene, from Medieval Latin, from Latin patina pan]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

pat•en

(ˈpæt n)

n.

a metal plate for holding the bread of the Eucharist.

[1250–1300; Middle English pateyn(e) < Old French patene < Medieval Latin patena, patina; Latin: pan]

Translations

paten

[ˈpætən] N → patena f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

paten

n (Eccl) → Patene f, → Hostienteller m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

paten

[ˈpæt/ən] n → patena

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