catechu in (kate cho in)

[ adv. In a categorematic manner; as a categorematic. categorical (kat-e-gor'i-kal), a. and n. [= F. catégorique = Sp. categórico =Pg. It. cate go rico, II. n. In logic , a proposition which affirms a thing absolutely and without any hypothesis. Categoric als are subdivided into pure and modal. A pure categorical a erts unconditionally and unreservedly: as, I live; man is mortal. A modal categorical a erts with a qualification: as, the wisest man may po ibly be mistaken; a prejudiced historian will probably misrepresent facts. cater We po e therefore a catena of evidence reaching back continuously from the date of the Moabite stone to that of the stone tables of the law. Isaac Taylor , The Alphabet, I. 139. That great poem of aphoristic epigrams, the E ay on Man, that has never, perhaps, in any language been equalled as a catena of pithy wit and philosophic quota. bility. N. and Q., 6th ser., IX. 287. 2. A methodized series of selections from different authors to elucidate a doctrine or a system of doctrines; specifically, such a set of quotations from the church fathers to a ist in the study of Christian dogmatics or biblical exegesis: as, the Catena Aurea of St. Thomas A quinas.-3. An Italian measure of length, a chain, equal in Naples to 52.07 feet, and in Palermo to 26.09 feet.