noun
definition
The plate used to hold the host during the Eucharist.
definition
Any shallow dish found in an archaeological site.
Examples of paten in a Sentence
He knew very well that the theologians of his church almost without exception held that the handing over of the paten and chalice with the words, " Receive power of offering sacrifice," &c., were the essential matter and form of ordination to the priesthood; indeed he published the decree of Eugenius IV.
A black and white checkerboard pattern is just the start of the charming Paten.
They are small slabs of hard stone, just large enough for the chalice and paten.
The communion plate includes a cup and cover paten of 1569 and a modern chalice.
There is a silver communion paten of the early 15th Century.
There is also preserved in the church a silver paten, taken by Colonel Kirkby from the French after they had plundered Carthagena.