catena
Americannoun
plural
catenaenoun
Etymology
Origin of catena
First recorded in 1635–45, catena is from the Latin word catēna a chain
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Example Sentences
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She writhes nervously, and, as if she were calling for help, cries, "La catena! la catena!"
From Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants by Flammarion, Camille
On folio 180d we find a chapter entitled "De cathena gulae incisa vel fracta," and copied almost literally from the chapter "De catena gulae" of Roger.
From Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century by Handerson, Henry Ebenezer
E che non puote Amor, che con catena il ciel unisce?
From The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. by Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)
Post hunc consequitur sollerti corde Prometheus, 295Extenuata gerens veteris vestigia poenae, Quam quondam scythicis restrictus membra catena Persolvit pendens e verticibus praeruptis.
From The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
D. 282 inf., transcribed by John Sancta Maura, a one-eyed Cyprian, aged 74, June 9, 1612: chart., with a catena.
From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose
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