assecution

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English

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Etymology

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

Noun

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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

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