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pat⋅en

  [pat-n]
–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.]
pat·in   (pāt'n)   
n.  Variant of paten.
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