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)
英汉双解大词典
catena/kəˈtiːnə/
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N（名词）
a connected series, esp of patristic comments on the Bible (尤指《圣经》系列教义评论的)专业丛书