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See also:PATEN (through the Fr. from See also:Lat. See also:patina or paten, Gr. aaravq, a See also:flat dish) , the name of the shallow See also:plate or dish used in the celebration of the See also:Eucharist for the consecrated See also:bread or See also:wafer . The See also:paten has from the first been almost always of a circular shape . There is a rare example of a rectangular one, dating from the 7th See also:century, in the See also:Cabinet See also:des Medailles in See also:Paris . The central portion of the paten is sometimes decorated with the engraved See also:head of the Saviour, or commonly with a See also:group of lobes . |
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