catena

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ca=te=na

CIDE DICTIONARY

catena, n. [L., a chain.].

 A chain or series of things connected with each other.  [1913 Webster]
"I have . . . in no case sought to construct those catenæ of games, which it seems now the fashion of commentators to link together."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

catena, n. (pl. catenae or catenas)
1 a connected series of patristic comments on Scripture.
2 a series or chain.

Etymology

L, = chain: orig. catena patrum chain of the Fathers (of the Church)