Lift
Lift noun - An act or instance of helping.
Paternoster and lift are semantically related. in elevator topic. In some cases you can use "Paternoster" instead a noun "Lift".
Paternoster
Paternoster noun - A type of lift having a chain of open compartments that move continually in an endless loop so that (agile) passengers can step on or off at each floor.
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She then rises silently up the paternoster lift.note Paternosters had been discontinued long before the time of film, but this particular one stillexists in the Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, Middlesex.
Source: Nuns Are Spooky
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