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catena
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Catena \Ca*te"na\, n.; pl. Catene. [L., a chain.] A chain or series of things connected with each other.
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.
Wiktionary
n. A series of related items.
WordNet
n. 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)
[also: catenae (pl)]
Wikipedia
The word catena (Latin for chain) or catenae (plural) may refer to:
A catena (from Latin catena, a chain) is a form of biblical commentary, verse by verse, made up entirely of excerpts from earlier Biblical commentators, each introduced with the name of the author, and with such minor adjustments of words to allow the whole to form a continuous commentary.
The texts are mainly compiled from mainstream authors, but they often contain fragments of certain patristic writings now otherwise lost. It has been asserted by Faulhaber that half of all the commentaries on scripture composed by the church Fathers are now extant only in this form.
In linguistics, the catena (, Latin for "chain"; plural catenae) is a unit of syntax and morphology, closely associated with dependency grammars. It is a more flexible and inclusive unit than the constituent and may therefore be better suited than the constituent to serve as the fundamental unit of syntactic and morphosyntactic analysis.
The catena concept was introduced to linguistics by William O'Grady in 1998 and has been seized upon by other linguists and applied to the syntax of idiosyncratic meaning of all sorts, such as ellipsis mechanisms (e.g. gapping, stripping, VP-ellipsis, pseudogapping, sluicing, answer ellipsis, comparative deletion), predicate- argument structures, and discontinuities ( topicalization, wh-fronting, scrambling, extraposition, etc.). The catena concept has also been taken as the basis for a theory of morphosyntax, i.e. for the extension of dependencies into words; dependencies are acknowledged between the morphs that constitute words.
While the catena concept has been applied mainly to the syntax of English, other works are also demonstrating its applicability to the syntax and morphology of other languages.
Catena is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Gerardo Catena (1902–2000), American mobster
- Laura I. Catena, Argentine vintner, physician and author
- Marina Catena, Italian soldier and United Nations official
- Paulus Catena (before 353–362), Roman jurist and civil servant
- Vincenzo Catena (c. 1470–1531), Italian painter
Usage examples of "catena".
The Catenas of Anglican divines which occur in the series, though projected, I think, by me, were executed with a like aim at greater accuracy and method.
Comyn lord of the Ridenow Domain, so there is no reason you should not be married by the catenas, with all the festivity and merrymaking you might wish.
Valdir-Lewis Lanart-Ridenow, by my lawful wife di catenas, Marcella Ridenow.
Still, the thing on her arm looked nothing like the few catenas wristlets she had seen before.
She thrust her wrist out, to point out the absence of the catenas circlet which would have shown the status of a married woman.
He did not know of any di catenas marriages that were even remotely like that which the old man suggested.
The words drifted though her mind, and she remembered that Varzil had used that phrase to describe the copper catenas bracelets.
Her hand dangled over the arm of the chair, the now bright metal of the catenas bracelet shining in the firelight.
Allart had read at Nevarsin that there had been a time, soon after the establishment of marriage for inheritance and the catenas, when public consummation had been required, too.
This would mean I can never offer you what you should have in honor, the catenas and honorable recognition as my wife.
Delleray, called Rockhaven, and Dorilys, heir to Aldaran, were formally married by the catenas on midwinter night.
The important thing now is to give the Domain a legitimate, catenas heir, fathered in lawful marriage!
Say further to my brother that as for my daughter Dorilys, she is already wedded by the catenas, and he need not trouble himself to find a husband for her elsewhere.
Only one Comyn lord, as far as anyone knew, had actually married, di catenas and with full ceremony, a Terran woman.
Marriage di catenas, the ritual formalized marriage of the Domains, was a solemn joining of property, a mutual matter concerning two families, two houses, for the raising of children to inheritance and laran.