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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It would be easy to compile a catena of bellicose maxims from our literature, reaching down to the end of the 19th century.
From Outspoken Essays by Inge, William Ralph
We have thus established what we believe is called by theologians a catena of precedents, coming down from the days of the Commonwealth to our own time.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 54, April, 1862 by Various
Et inde catena quaedam fit, quae haeredes etiam ligat.
From The Anatomy of Melancholy by Burton, Robert
In dura catena, in misera poena, Languendo, gemendo, et genu flectendo, Adoro, imploro ut liberes me.
From Mary Queen of Scots 1542-1587 by Various
Wetstein's 1869, once belonged to the Medici, pict., with Victor's commentary on St. Mark, a catena to St. John, and scholia to the other Gospels.
From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose
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