1. A saucer-like vessel of earthenware or metal, used by the Greeks and Romans in libations and sacrifices 
2. A circular ornament, resembling a dish, often worked in relief on friezes, and the like

Derived forms: paterae

Encyclopedia: Patera

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• pair of virginals
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• paired
• pairing
• pairwise
• pais
• paisa
• paisano
• paisley
• Paiute
• Paiwanic
• pajama
• pakchoi
• pakeha
• Paki
• Pakistan
• Pakistani
• Pakistani monetary unit
• Pakistani rupee
• pakora
• pal
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• palace