||Pa*tel"lu*la (?), n.; pl. PatellulÊ (#). [NL., dim. of L. patella.
||See Patella.] (Zoˆl.) A cuplike sucker on the feet of certain
||insects.
Pat"en (?), n. [LL. patina, patena, fr. L. patina, patena, a pan; cf.
L. patere to be open, E. patent, and Gr. &?; a kind of flat dish: cf.
F. patËne. Cf. Patina.] 1. A plate. [Obs.]
2. (Eccl.) The place on which the consecrated bread is placed in the
Eucharist, or on which the host is placed during the Mass. It is
usually small, and formed as to fit the chalice, or cup, as a cover.
[Written also patin, patine.]
||Pat"e*na (?), n. [LL.] (Eccl.) A paten.
||Pa*te"na (?), n. [Cf. Pg. patena a paten.] A grassy expanse in the
||hill region of Ceylon.
Pa"ten*cy (?), n. [See Patent.] 1. The condition of being open,
enlarged, or spread.