catena
a chain or connected series, especially of extracts from the writings of the fathers of the Christian church.
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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 | THE DAILY BEASTFrom 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 MachenTo him has been given the "Adoration of the Magi" , which some critics attributed to catena.
This picture—ascribed by Morelli and others to catena (see 234)—is by some connected with the name of Giorgione.
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
/ (kəˈtiːnə) /
a connected series, esp of patristic comments on the Bible
Origin of catena
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