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Noun: paten  pa-t(u)n
  1. A small plate used to hold the bread during the Eucharist
    "The priest placed the consecrated host on the golden paten"
     
  2. A plate or dish-like object
    "The archaeologist discovered an ancient paten in the ruins"

Sounds like: patten

Derived forms: patens

Encyclopedia: Paten