golden chain

collocation in English

meaningsofgoldenandchain

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golden
adjective
uk
/ˈɡəʊl.dən/us
/ˈɡoʊl.dən/
made ...
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chain
noun
uk
/tʃeɪn/us
/tʃeɪn/
a series of things of the same type connected in a line, or a series of people standing in ...
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(Definition ofgoldenandchainfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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She eats the baby, but its siblings narrowly escape by climbing up agoldenchainsent from heaven.
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The transmission of standards is thegoldenchainon which not all but a very great deal of both our wealth and our worth depends.
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Throughout the whole debate there seemed to run agoldenchainwith link after link of unreality.
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Sadly, thegoldenchainis broken in some families.
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The goldsmith gives the bird agoldenchainbecause the song is so beautiful.
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Agoldenchainencircles that temple and hangs over the gables of the building.
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The way is sometimes referred to as the sublime sufi path and the way of thegoldenchain.
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In ecclesiastical heraldry, laypersons so honored may display agoldenchainsurrounding their coat of arms.
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Jahangir is most famous for hisgoldenchainof justice.
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It consists of agoldenchain, cross, star and sash.
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Friendship - is like agoldenchainthat ties our hearts together.
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Adam writes that agoldenchainsurrounds the temple that hangs from the gables of the building.
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These boys, in order to acquire to thegoldenchainof the order, had to fight every two years on a knight tournament, single combat up to life or death.
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Agoldenchaingoes round the temple.
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Other seeds that contain poisons include annona, cotton, custard apple, datura, uncooked durian,goldenchain, horse-chestnut, larkspur, locoweed, lychee, nectarine, rambutan, rosary pea, sour sop, sugar apple, wisteria, and yew.
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Richenza possessed agoldenchain, which was consequently used by the abbesses of the abbey for centuries.
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Silver and golden chains tie them to their present employment and yet those people are the magic wands which could help us achieve what we all want.
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The couple had themselves painted in princely fashion, in proper black with golden chains.
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The new coat of arms featured a network of golden chains on a red field with an emerald.
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