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catenae
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a chain or connected series, especially of extracts from the writings of the fathers of the Christian church.
Origin:
1635–45;
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Latin
catēna
a chain
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catena
(kəˈtiːnə)
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n
,
pl
-nae
a connected series, esp of patristic comments on the Bible
[C17: from Latin: chain]
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