catena
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What could be easier than to form a catena of the most philosophical defenders of Christianity, who have exhausted language in declaring the impotence of the unassisted intellect?
From Natural Law in the Spiritual World by Drummond, Henry
It would be easy to compile a catena of bellicose maxims from our literature, reaching down to the end of the 19th century.
From Outspoken Essays by Inge, William Ralph
From her husband's voice she had been led to fear something more tangibly unpleasant than a vague catena of prophecies.
From The House of Souls by Machen, Arthur
We have thus established what we believe is called by theologians a catena of precedents, coming down from the days of the Commonwealth to our own time.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 54, April, 1862 by Various
And this catena of passages might be largely extended.
From Essays on the work entitled "Supernatural Religion" by Lightfoot, Joseph Barber
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Space Science (Astronomy) - Middle School
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