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catena

/kəˈtinə/
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Other forms: catenae; catenas

Definitions of catena
  1. noun
    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)
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    type of:
    chain, concatenation
    a series of things depending on each other as if linked together
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