consecution

American  

[kon-si-kyoo-shuhn] / ˌkɒn sɪˈkyu ʃən /

noun

1. succession; sequence.

2. logical sequence; chain of reasoning.

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consecution British  

/ ˌkɒnsɪˈkjuːʃən /

noun

1. a sequence or succession of events or things

2. a logical sequence of deductions; inference

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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

Rames was no longer trying to remember the consecution of his speech.

From The Turnstile by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)

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

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.

He detected grammatical niceties in Latin, in regard to the consecution of tenses which had escaped preceding critics.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various

The natural consecution of the Homeric images needs no exposition: it constitutes in itself one of the beauties of the work.

From The Iliad by Pope, Alexander