catena
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The catena of Nicetas “textus particulatim praemittit commentariis.”
From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose
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
He says his evidence is cumulative; not a catena, the strength of which is in its weakest part, but distinct and independent lines, each of which corroborates the other.
From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I by Smith, David Eugene
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
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
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