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

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

Many of its suggestions and patterns of lessons are excellent; but there is too large a lack of true consecution of topics, of accuracy of expression, and of really natural method of handling the subjects.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 6, June, 1862 Devoted To Literature and National Policy by Various

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 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.

Sometimes it is in a natural but rhythmic consecution of ideas.

From Study of the King James Bible by McAfee, Cleland Boyd