catena

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The peasant-noble of Wordsworth had learnt to know love 'in huts where poor men lie,' and a long catena of poetical authorities might be adduced in support of the principle.

From Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) by Stephen, Leslie, Sir

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

One of the persons present having changed places, Eusapia utters complaints: "La catena! la catena!"

From Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants by Flammarion, Camille

The Greek original of most of the first sentence is preserved in a catena on Deuteronomy, Cod.

From St. Dionysius of Alexandria Letters and Treatises by Alexandria, Bishop of

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