I do, in fact, know what it means, but can't find a precise definition of all it entails on the web, and of course my Darkover books are back at my parents' house.
catenas = noun fem., chains, bracelets (special for official weddings)
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link was to translation of this site (http://members.aol.com/werinaya/Darkoverwoerter.html)
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di = preposition sing of, of
catenas = noun fem., chains, bracelets (special for official weddings)
Gotten from here? (http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://members.aol.com/werinaya/Darkoverwoerter.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2522di%2Bcatenas%2522%26start%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DN)
link was to translation of this site (http://members.aol.com/werinaya/Darkoverwoerter.html)
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There was an explaination of it in the books; I would have thought that someone would have posted that somewhere on some Free Amazons site.