catena

[kuh-tee-nuh]

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noun, plural ca·te·nae

[kuh-tee-nee] /kəˈti ni/,

a chain or connected series, especially of extracts from the writings of the fathers of the Christian church.

Origin of catena

First recorded in 1635–45, catena is from the Latin word catēna a chain

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Related Words for catena

conglomerate, group, string, continuity, set, progression, sequence, alternation, concatenation, train, syndicate, trust, order, row, catena, consecution

Examples from the Web for catena

Historical Examples of catena

Allow me to add a couple of links to your catena on Bishop Burnet.
Notes and Queries, Number 168, January 15, 1853
Various
What wonder is it, that Catherine should have a chain,—catena?
A Decade of Italian Women, vol. I (of 2)
T. Adolphus Trollope
The name of Catena has been proposed, but is now no longer seriously supported.
Giorgione
Herbert Cook
Catena borrows right and left, and tries to follow every new indication of contemporary taste.
The Venetian School of Painting
Evelyn March Phillipps
As Catena often brings in a little white lap-dog, so Bonifazio constantly has as an accessory a liver-and-white spaniel.
The Venetian School of Painting
Evelyn March Phillipps

British Dictionary definitions for catena

catena

noun plural -nae (-niː)

a connected series, esp of patristic comments on the Bible

Word Origin for catena

C17: from Latin: chain

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