Definition of "catena" []

• A closely linked series, especially of excerpted writings or commentaries. (noun)

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• "An even more fitting example of the catena is offered by the catena aurea, or Golden Chain."
• "To this end he drew up, in chronological order, a kind of catena of the historical texts on which the tradition rested."
• "Midrash Mishle, on Proverbs; (11) Yalqut Shimeoni, a kind of catena extending over all the Hebrew Scriptures."