catena
[kuh-tee-nuh]
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, consecutionExamples from the Web for catena
Historical Examples of catena
Allow me to add a couple of links to your catena on Bishop Burnet.
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.
GiorgioneHerbert Cook
Catena borrows right and left, and tries to follow every new indication of contemporary taste.
The Venetian School of PaintingEvelyn 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 PaintingEvelyn March Phillipps
catena
noun plural -nae (-niː)
Word Origin for catena
C17: from Latin: chain
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