catena
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of catena
First recorded in 1635–45, catena is from the Latin word catēna a chain
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Space Science (Astronomy) - Middle School
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Example Sentences
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The peasant-noble of Wordsworth had learnt to know love 'in huts where poor men lie,' and a long catena of poetical authorities might be adduced in support of the principle.
From Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) by Stephen, Leslie, Sir
Nearly the same assertion may be found, with varieties of caution and of confidence, in a catena of divines, from Bergier to Newman.
From The History of Freedom by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron
St. Matthew in vermilion with catena in black.
From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose
The catena of Nicetas “textus particulatim praemittit commentariis.”
From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose
We can now establish a catena of rappings and pour prendre date, can say that communications were established, through raps, with a so-called ‘spirit,’ more than three hundred years before the ‘Rochester knockings’ in America.
From Cock Lane and Common-Sense by Lang, Andrew
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