consectary, a. and n.
(kənˈsɛktərɪ)
[ad. L. consectāri-us logically following, consequent (whence consectārium n.), f. consectā-rī to follow close, freq. of consequī: see consecute.]
† A. adj. Following logically; consequent.
| 1609 Bell Theoph. & Remig. 82 To which two maine points..the third (as a golden corollary) is consectary. 1624 F. White Repl. Fisher 236 The honour consectarie and dependant vpon his office. 1650 Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. i. x. (ed. 2) 32 From the inconsistent and contrary determinations thereof, consectary impieties..may arise. |
B. n. A consequence, deduction, conclusion, corollary. (Very common in 17th c.)
| 1588 Fraunce Lawiers Log. i. ii. 7 b, Consectaries, corollaries, or howsoever you tearme them, may easily be deduced. 1656 Hardy 1st Ep. John xiv. (1865) 86/1 A consectary which ungodly wretches draw from these premises. 1695 Woodward Nat. Hist. Earth i. (1723) 47 Consectaries drawn from the Observations. 1732 Berkeley Alciphr. ii. §19 If some certain persons minded piety more than politics..fundamentals than consectaries. 1827 Hutton Course Math. I. 2 A Corollary, or Consectary, is a consequence drawn immediately from some proposition or other premises. 1860 Abp. Thomson Laws Th. 274 A judgment..sometimes called a Corollary or Consectary. |
† b. That which follows in the course of events; a consequence, an effect. Obs. rare.
| 1659 H. L'Estrange Alliance Div. Off. 407 This signing was a constant consectary of unction. 1660 Waterhouse Arms & Arm. 112 Peace being the consectary of Gods blessing on that laudable resolution. |