catena

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D. 282 inf., transcribed by John Sancta Maura, a one-eyed Cyprian, aged 74, June 9, 1612: chart., with a catena.

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose

She writhes nervously, and, as if she were calling for help, cries, "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

This is a law, and by means of it we can discover at once that catena must become chaine; fata, a later feminine representation of the old neuter fatum, fée; pratum a meadow, pré.

From Lectures on The Science of Language by Müller, Max

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

Thus from all sides a catena of invective has been wrapped about Henry’s character.

From The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII by Froude, J.A.