catenan.

Brit.

/kəˈtiːnə/, U.S.

/kəˈtinə/

Etymology: < Latin catēna chain.

A chain, a connected series:

a. (More fully catena patrum): A string or series of extracts from the writings of the fathers, forming a commentary on some portion of Scripture; also, a chronological series of extracts to prove the existence of a continuous tradition on some point of doctrine. Also transferred.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > patristics > Fathers of the Church > [noun] > writings of

collationc1200

the four books (or the Book) of the Sentence(sa1387

catena1644

didache1853

1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 27 For a parochiall Minister..to finish his circuit in..a Harmony and a Catena.

1684 T. Burnet Theory of Earth ii. 261 The ancient glosses and catenæ upon scripture.

1858 R. A. Vaughan Ess. & Remains I. 29 The authorship of many, though assigned in the catenæ to Origen, is..open to question.

1862 F. D. Maurice Mod. Philos. 192 A catena of opinions in favour of an ecclesiastical system.

1882 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. I. 419 The true catena consists merely of extracts from a..number of exegetes.

b. generally. ‘Chain, string’.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > [noun] > a series or succession

row?1510

processiona1564

sequencea1575

succession1579

pomp1595

suite1597

rosary1604

sequel1615

series1618

rope1621

success1632

concatenation1652

sorites1664

string1713

chain1791

course1828

serie1840

daisy chain1856

nexus1858

catena1862

litany1961

1862 Sat. Rev. 15 Mar. 303 The Mausoleum is mentioned as existing by a catena of writers reaching down to the 12th century of the Christian era.

1868 Pall Mall Gaz. 23 July 4 Carried down in an unbroken catena of conscious observance.

1883 Spectator 6 Oct. 1274 His speech is but a catena of Tory platitudes writ large.

1884 F. Harrison in 19th Cent. Mar. 494 One long catena of difficulty.

c. In full soil catena (see quots.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > [noun] > soil group

series1904

soil series1905

soil class1913

soil group1921

catena1935

soil association1939

1935 G. Milne in Soil Research IV. 194 I propose the word catena (Latin, = a chain). This term will help to indicate that the soils so grouped are linked by their topographic relationship.

1935 G. Milne in Soil Research IV. 194 The Uganda soils might be spoken of as the Bukalasa catena.

1954 W. D. Thornbury Princ. Geomorphol. iv. 78 A soil catena consists of a group of soils within a particular soil region which developed from similar parent material but differ in the characteristics of their profiles because of the varying topographic and drainage conditions under which they formed.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	catena
释义	catenan. Brit. /kəˈtiːnə/, U.S. /kəˈtinə/ Etymology: < Latin catēna chain. A chain, a connected series: a. (More fully catena patrum): A string or series of extracts from the writings of the fathers, forming a commentary on some portion of Scripture; also, a chronological series of extracts to prove the existence of a continuous tradition on some point of doctrine. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > patristics > Fathers of the Church > [noun] > writings of collationc1200 the four books (or the Book) of the Sentence(sa1387 catena1644 didache1853 1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 27 For a parochiall Minister..to finish his circuit in..a Harmony and a Catena. 1684 T. Burnet Theory of Earth ii. 261 The ancient glosses and catenæ upon scripture. 1858 R. A. Vaughan Ess. & Remains I. 29 The authorship of many, though assigned in the catenæ to Origen, is..open to question. 1862 F. D. Maurice Mod. Philos. 192 A catena of opinions in favour of an ecclesiastical system. 1882 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. I. 419 The true catena consists merely of extracts from a..number of exegetes. b. generally. ‘Chain, string’. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > [noun] > a series or succession row?1510 processiona1564 sequencea1575 succession1579 pomp1595 suite1597 rosary1604 sequel1615 series1618 rope1621 success1632 concatenation1652 sorites1664 string1713 chain1791 course1828 serie1840 daisy chain1856 nexus1858 catena1862 litany1961 1862 Sat. Rev. 15 Mar. 303 The Mausoleum is mentioned as existing by a catena of writers reaching down to the 12th century of the Christian era. 1868 Pall Mall Gaz. 23 July 4 Carried down in an unbroken catena of conscious observance. 1883 Spectator 6 Oct. 1274 His speech is but a catena of Tory platitudes writ large. 1884 F. Harrison in 19th Cent. Mar. 494 One long catena of difficulty. c. In full soil catena (see quots.). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > [noun] > soil group series1904 soil series1905 soil class1913 soil group1921 catena1935 soil association1939 1935 G. Milne in Soil Research IV. 194 I propose the word catena (Latin, = a chain). This term will help to indicate that the soils so grouped are linked by their topographic relationship. 1935 G. Milne in Soil Research IV. 194 The Uganda soils might be spoken of as the Bukalasa catena. 1954 W. D. Thornbury Princ. Geomorphol. iv. 78 A soil catena consists of a group of soils within a particular soil region which developed from similar parent material but differ in the characteristics of their profiles because of the varying topographic and drainage conditions under which they formed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1644
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