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catena
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catena
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun catena has 1 sense
- catena(n = noun.group) Array - a chain of connected ideas or passages or objects so arranged that each member is closely related to the preceding and following members (especially a series of patristic comments elucidating Christian dogma); Array is a kind of chain, concatenation
Derived forms verb catenate1, verb catenulate1
CIDE DICTIONARY
catena, n. [L., a chain.].
A chain or series of things connected with each other. [1913 Webster]
"I have . . . in no case sought to construct those catenæ of games, which it seems now the fashion of commentators to link together."
[1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
catena, n. (pl. catenae or catenas)
1 a connected series of patristic comments on Scripture.
2 a series or chain.
1 a connected series of patristic comments on Scripture.
2 a series or chain.
Etymology
L, = chain: orig. catena patrum chain of the Fathers (of the Church)
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