catena - 3 dictionary results
ca⋅te⋅na
[kuh-tee-nuh] 
–noun, plural -nae [-nee] ,
[-nee] , | a chain or connected series, esp. of extracts from the writings of the fathers of the Christian church. |
Origin:
1635–45; < L catēna a chain
1635–45; < L catēna a chain
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| ca·te·na (kə-tē'nə) n. pl. ca·te·nae (-nē) or ca·te·nas A closely linked series, especially of excerpted writings or commentaries. [Latin catēna, chain.] |
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Catena
Ca*te"na\, n.; pl. Catene. [L., a chain.] A chain or series of things connected with each other. I have . . . in no case sought to construct those caten[ae] of games, which it seems now the fashion of commentators to link together. --C. J. Ellicott.
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Language Translation for : catena
Spanish:
cadena,
German:
die Kette,
Japanese:
鎖
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