catena

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By way of whetting the appetite for further enquiry, I give here a succinct catena of historic items, shewing the many interesting memories which cluster round our ancient cathedral city.

From Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter by Walter, James Conway

Nearly the same assertion may be found, with varieties of caution and of confidence, in a catena of divines, from Bergier to Newman.

From The History of Freedom by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron

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

From her husband's voice she had been led to fear something more tangibly unpleasant than a vague catena of prophecies.

From The House of Souls by Machen, Arthur

The Epistles have a catena, the Apocalypse a commentary.

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