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catenation|kætɪˈneɪʃən|
[ad. L. catēnātiōn-em, f. catēnāre; see prec.]
1. A linking into a chain; connexion like that between the links of a chain; arrangement in a connected series; connected succession.
1641R. Brooke Eng. Episc. i. v. 21 A perfect and universall catenation of all essentials and circumstantials. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 240. 1654 ‘Palæmon’ Friendship 24 So by this Catenation of Vices some one link of the chain would be found confessedly too heavy. 1838Blackw. Mag. XLIV. 234 In the catenation of the objects..constituting that universe. 1876H. Maudsley Phys. Mind iii. 164 An association or catenation of movements. |