catena

noun

ca·​te·​na kə-ˈtē-nə 

plural catenae kə-ˈtē-(ˌ)nē  or catenas

: a connected series of related things

Synonyms

• catenation
• chain
• concatenation
• consecution
• nexus
• progression
• sequence
• string
• train

Examples of catena in a Sentence

a catena of lies that ultimately proved to be her undoing

Recent Examples on the Web

Did someone say in his hearing that the word derived from the Latin catena (chain)? —Christopher Benfey, The New York Review of Books, 20 Apr. 2023

Word History

Etymology

Medieval Latin, from Latin, chain

First Known Use

1641, in the meaning defined above