Small plate used to hold Eucharistic bread which is to be consecrated during the Mass.
1There, too, is an Elizabethan chalice and paten of the sixteenth century.
2The paten was made in 1712 by Seth Lofthouse of London.
3On the top of the coffin was a chalice and paten of silver-gilt.
4They found the object beneath a triple linen cloth, like some consecrated paten.
5It was a spikard that I withdrew, that lay warmly upon my paten.
6And by the grave-side stood the paten and the chalice, emptied of their divine contents.
7They are small slabs of hard stone, just large enough for the chalice and paten.
8Two pieces, an exquisite chalice and paten, were donated to the Jamestown church by Lt. Gov.
9Into these gorgeous altar-cloths, or these delicate wrappings for chalice and paten, she stitched her heart.
10He carried a gold chalice and paten, and his head was bowed reverentially above the sacred vessels.
11Henceforth the plate was confined to a chalice and paten, alms-dish, and usually a large silver flagon.
12Although the chalice and strainer found with it are fine objects, the paten is of an altogether higher order.
13The good part of being an altar boy is when you hit somebody in the throat with the paten.
14To make this double use of cover and dish satisfactory, a foot like a stand was added to the paten.
16The paten itself is often elaborately enamelled and otherwise decorated, whereas in the western church the rubrics require it to be plain.