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.

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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Example sentences from the Web for catena

The name of Catena has been proposed, but is now no longer seriously supported.
Giorgione|Herbert Cook
Where was what is probably a copy of the second edition of the Catena Aurea of Aquinas printed?
Notes and Queries, Number 51, October 19, 1850|Various
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
What wonder is it, that Catherine should have a chain,—catena?
A Decade of Italian Women, vol. I (of 2)|T. Adolphus Trollope

Nor were they on the model of the Catena aurea, formed by linking together the recorded comments of the great Church authorities.
The Oxford Reformers|Frederic Seebohm

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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单词	catena
释义	catena [ kuh-tee-nuh ] / kəˈti nə / SEE SYNONYMS FOR catena ON THESAURUS.COM 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 Words nearby catena Category A, Category D, category killer, category management, category mistake, catena, catenaccio, catenane, catenary, catenate, catenation Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for catena The name of Catena has been proposed, but is now no longer seriously supported. Giorgione\|Herbert Cook Where was what is probably a copy of the second edition of the Catena Aurea of Aquinas printed? Notes and Queries, Number 51, October 19, 1850\|Various 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 What wonder is it, that Catherine should have a chain,—catena? A Decade of Italian Women, vol. I (of 2)\|T. Adolphus Trollope Nor were they on the model of the Catena aurea, formed by linking together the recorded comments of the great Church authorities. The Oxford Reformers\|Frederic Seebohm 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 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to catena conglomerate, group, string, continuity, set, progression, sequence, alternation, concatenation, train, syndicate, trust, order, row, consecution
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catena

noun, plural ca·te·nae [kuh-tee-nee], /kəˈti ni/,

Origin of catena

Words nearby catena

Example sentences from the Web for catena

British Dictionary definitions for catena

noun plural -nae (-niː)

Word Origin for catena

Words related to catena