assecution

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noun

acquisition; an obtaining

OriginFrench assécution ← Latin assequi →
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Meanings

nounassecution (countable and uncountable, plural assecutions)

plural assecutions

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableacquisition; an obtaining

    a Benefice is said to be void by the Assecution of a second Benefice which is incompatible with the first

    1726, John Ayliffe, Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani: Or, A Commentary, by Way of Supplement to the Canons and Constitutions of the Church of England. […], London: […] D. Leach, and sold by John Walthoe […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinassequi“to obtain”
  2. Frenchassécution
  3. Englishassecution

From French assécution, from Latin assequi (“to obtain”), from ad + sequi (“to follow”).

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APA

assecution. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assecution

MLA

“assecution.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assecution. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “assecution,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assecution.

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