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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
paten /ˈpat(ə)n/

▶noun

1 a plate for holding the bread during the Eucharist.

2 a shallow metal plate or dish.

– origin ME: from OFr. patene, from L. patina ‘shallow dish’, from Gk patanē ‘a plate’.

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