catena
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We can now establish a catena of rappings and pour prendre date, can say that communications were established, through raps, with a so-called ‘spirit,’ more than three hundred years before the ‘Rochester knockings’ in America.
From Cock Lane and Common-Sense by Lang, Andrew
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.
And this catena of passages might be largely extended.
From Essays on the work entitled "Supernatural Religion" by Lightfoot, Joseph Barber
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
We have thus established what we believe is called by theologians a catena of precedents, coming down from the days of the Commonwealth to our own time.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 54, April, 1862 by Various
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Space Science (Astronomy) - Middle School
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