assecution

English

Etymology

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

Noun

assecution (countable and uncountable, plural assecutions)

1. (obsolete) acquisition; an obtaining
   • 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:

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

References

• “assecution”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.