Our navigation bar is loading . . .

 


 

Jesus Christ Saves Ministries

Helping San Diego, California and beyond since 1997.  




 

JCSM's Top 1000 Christian Sites - Free Traffic Sharing Service!


Do you need volunteer, community service, work, military or court hours?

Click here and add this page to your favorites!

Return to the JCSM Study Center!

Encyclopedia Britannica



PATTER

This article appears in Volume V20, Page 936 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: PAS-PER
PATTER , properly a
slang
  word for the
secret
  or " cant " language used by beggars, thieves,
gipsies
 , &c., hence the fluent plausible talk that a cheap-
jack
  employs to pass off his goods, or a conjuror to cover up his tricks. It is thus used of any rapid manner of talking, and of a " patter-song," in which a very large number of words have to be sung at high
speed
  to fit them to the music. The word, though in some of its senses affected by
patter," to make a
series
  of rapid strokes or pats, as of
rain
 -drops, is derived from the
quick
 , mechanical repetition of the Paternoster, or Lord's
Prayer
 .


End of Article: PATTER


If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
<a href="http://jcsm.org/StudyCenter/Encyclopedia/PAS_PER/PATTER.html">
PATTER
</a>
(Previous)
PATTEN (adapted from Fr. patin, in modern usage... 		(Next)
PATTERN

 


 
 


JCSM was founded in 1997 and exists to help the community and bring people into a life-changing and productive relationship with Jesus Christ. JCSM offers over 200,000 free web pages, including its weekly inspirational emails that were sent continuously for over a decade.

Jesus Christ Saves Ministries
P.O. Box 9297
San Diego, CA  92169
1-888-887-0417 or Email

JCSM is a 501(c)(3), non-profit organization. Copyright © 1997-2012.
 

 

Sponsored Advertisements

Online First Aid and CPR Certification  .  DHA Solutions  .  PB Happy Hour Specials  .  Improvising Made Easy For Guitar and Bass  .  The Skeptic's Annotated Bible: Corrected and Explained  .  Home Equity Loans  .  First Aid and CPR Online  .  San Diego Music Lessons  .  10,000 Wise Quotes and Spiritual Sayings  .  Blow Up Your Site (For Free!)  .  San Diego DUI Lawyers  .  Jason Gastrich  .  Jordan Faith Gastrich  .  Divorce Secrets Revealed  .  Post Your Ad Link Free  .  San Diego Soccer Training  .  JCSM  .  Download Sermons  .  Custom Religious Banners, Build A Sign  .  Christian Singles Dating  .  Christian T-Shirts  .  Healing Christian Prayer  .  Bumper Authority  .  Personalized Blogs and Email  .  San Diego Haircuts  .  The Do the Math Diet  .  Stop Twitter Spam  .  Christian Conservative Work at Home Network  .  The Website of the Lord