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pat⋅en

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–noun
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
Also, patin.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME pateyn(e) < OF patene < ML patena, patina Eucharistic plate (L: pan); akin to Gk patánē flat dish, L patēre to be open (see patent )
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pat·en also pat·in   (pāt'n)   
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 
"plate for bread at Eucharist," c.1300, from O.Fr. patene, from M.L. patena, from L. patina "pan, dish," from Gk. patane "flat dish," from petannynai "to spread out."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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