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plural patens
(Christianity) The plate used to hold the host during the Eucharist. quotations examples
An enameled miniature of Christ is set in the center of a jeweled alabaster paten, the plate that holds the bread during Communion services.
1980, Colin Thubron, Seafarers: The Venetians, page 41
(archaeology) Any shallow dish found in an archaeological site.