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German
Etymology
Middle High German patēne, Old High German phatena, Ecclesiastical Latin patena, Ancient Greek πατάνη (patánē, “kind of flat dish”). Doublet of Patina.
Pronunciation
Noun
Patene f (genitive Patene, plural Patenen)
- (Christianity) paten (plate used to hold the host during the Eucharist)
- Synonym: Hostienteller
1893, Philipp Hartmann, Repertorium Rituum: übersichtliche Zusammenstellung der wichtigsten Ritualvorschriften für die priesterlichen Funktionen, Paderborn: Schöningh, page 392:Hat er der hl. Hostie mit dem Zeigefinger der Linken die gehörige Lage gegeben, so lehne er die Patene mit der hl. Hostie an den Fuß des Kelches so an, daß der untere Teil (die untere Fläche) der Patene den Ort, wo die hl. Hostie gelegen, nicht berühre und sich nicht etwaige hl. Partikel an derselben anhängen.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Further reading
- “Patene” in Duden online
- “Patene” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache