consecution
Americannoun
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succession; sequence.
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logical sequence; chain of reasoning.
noun
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a sequence or succession of events or things
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a logical sequence of deductions; inference
Etymology
Origin of consecution
1525–35; < Latin consecūtiōn- (stem of consecūtiō ), equivalent to con- con- + secūt ( us ), past participle of sequī to follow + -iōn- -ion
Example Sentences
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Sometimes it is in a natural but rhythmic consecution of ideas.
From Study of the King James Bible by McAfee, Cleland Boyd
The ideas of space, time, power, law, reason, and end, are the logical antecedents of the ideas of body, succession, event, consecution, order, and adaptation.
From Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles by Cocker, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin)
The word 'then' rather acts as an auspicious term by being pronounced and heard merely, while it denotes at the same time something else, viz. immediate consecution as said above.
From The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya Sacred Books of the East, Volume 1 by Thibaut, George
The commencement of the new chapter at this point makes an unfortunate division; for its first two verses are in close consecution with the last verse of chapter iv.
From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by Findlay, G. G.
There was a consecution nothing less than marvellous in the work of the philosophers from Kant to Hegel.
From An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant by Moore, Edward Caldwell
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