consecution

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

CONSECUTION, noun [Latin , to follow. See Seek.] 1. A following or sequel; train of consequences from premises; series of deductions. 2. Succession; series of things that follow each other; as a consecution of colors. 3. In astronomy, consecution month is the space between one conjunction of the moon with the sun and another.
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