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

n. A series of related items.

n. A chain or series of things connected with each other.

n. A chain; a connected series of notions, arguments, or objects generally; a series of which each part or member has a close connection, like that of a link, with the preceding and following parts.

n. A methodized series of selections from different authors to elucidate a doctrine or a system of doctrines; specifically, such a set of quotations from the church fathers to assist in the study of Christian dogmatics or biblical exegesis: as, the Catena Aurea of St. Thomas Aquinas.

n. An Italian measure of length, a chain, equal in Naples to 52.07 feet, and in Palermo to 26.09 feet.

n. 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)

"To this end he drew up, in chronological order, a kind of catena of the historical texts on which the tradition rested."

chain    concatenation   

catenae   

Albertina    Albina    Alina    Altadena    Angelina    Argentina    Athena    Burkina    Cartagena    Catalina   

carceris    geminis    fatalis    neckband    aperitif    ingeniorumque    conexione    praescientiae    quaestus    effingere