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
St. Matthew in vermilion with catena in black.
From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose
When I was in Venice in 1818, at which time the genuine Venetian chain was still being made, a goldsmith told me that those who made the catena fina turned blind at thirty.
From Essays of Schopenhauer by Schopenhauer, Arthur
Nunc libera me: In dura catena In misera poena Desidero te; Languendo, gemendo, Et genuflectendo Adoro, imploro, Ut liberes me!
From A Handbook for Latin Clubs by Paxson, Susan
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
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