'Catena' definitions:
Definition of 'catena'
(from WordNet)
noun
A chain of connected ideas or passages or objects so arranged that each member is closely related to the preceding and following members (especially a series of patristic comments elucidating Christian dogma)
Definition of 'Catena'
From: GCIDE
- Catena \Ca*te"na\, n.; pl. Catene. [L., a chain.] A chain or series of things connected with each other. [1913 Webster]
- I have . . . in no case sought to construct those caten[ae] of games, which it seems now the fashion of commentators to link together. --C. J. Ellicott. [1913 Webster] Catenary