catena

[ kuh-tee-nuh ]

/ kəˈti nə /

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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.

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Origin of catena

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

Words nearby catena

Category A, Category D, category killer, category management, category mistake, catena, catenaccio, catenane, catenary, catenate, catenation

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How to use catena in a sentence

Majuri meant Gerardo Catena of the Genovese family and Carlo Gambino of the family of that name.
Jersey’s True-Life Tony Soprano: Meet the DeCavalcante Crime Family|Michael Daly|June 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST
From her husband's voice she had been led to fear something more tangibly unpleasant than a vague catena of prophecies.
The House of Souls|Arthur Machen
To him has been given the "Adoration of the Magi" , which some critics attributed to Catena.
A Popular Handbook to the National Gallery, Volume I, Foreign Schools|Various
This picture—ascribed by Morelli and others to Catena (see 234)—is by some connected with the name of Giorgione.
A Popular Handbook to the National Gallery, Volume I, Foreign Schools|Various

It would require more reading than we can boast of to give a catena of writers who have asserted the symbolism of churches.
Churches and Church Ornaments|William Durandus
It would be easy to compile a catena of bellicose maxims from our literature, reaching down to the end of the 19th century.
Outspoken Essays|William Ralph Inge

British Dictionary definitions for catena

catena

/ (kəˈtiːnə) /

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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