单词 | paten |
释义 | paten/ˈpat(ə)n /noun 1A plate, typically made of gold or silver, used for holding the bread during the Eucharist and sometimes as a cover for the chalice.The hand-crafted wooden pews and pulpits, the hanging lamps and church bells, and the silver communion chalices and patens brought the material glory of Christianity home to the worshipers in the wilderness....
1.1A shallow metal plate or dish.You could also make your paten out of clay, and paint it when it hardens. OriginMiddle English: from Old French patene, from Latin patina 'shallow dish', from Greek patanē 'a plate'. Rhymes |
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