catena

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  1. noun A closely linked series, especially of excerpted writings or commentaries.

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  • Planetologists Paul Schenk and Jay Melosh have drawn attention to a class of surface feature called a "catena," or chain. —  Omni: July 1994
  • Reazione a catena as the first true Slasher, but I can certainly see where people would put This entry was posted on January 6, 2009 at 10: 22 am and is filed under horror movies. —  Strange Ink
  • Lat. salire, tenere, catena, Sp. salir, tener, cadena, —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • Asiya on the Noor of Knowledge blog offers a patristic catena to support Muslim convert's intention to wear the hijab. —  hyperekperissou
  • Not that she (I think) expects the argument to work necessarily. saltedwithfire on the Incendium amoris blog offers a patristic catena on the Songs of Songs. —  hyperekperissou
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  1. Latin catēna, chain.

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  1. Latin, a chain, later ult. English chain, q. v.
 

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