Sē'quence, n.
n. [Fr. séquence, It. sequenza, L. Lat. sequentia, from Lat. sequens. See infra.]
Sense 1. The state or quality of being sequent; order of following; succession.
How art thou a king But by fair sequence and succession? Shak.
Sense 2. That which follows or succeeds; sequel; consequence. “The inevitable sequences of sin and punishment.” Bp. Hall.
Sense 3. (Mus.) Any succession of chords (or harmonic phrase) rising or falling by the regular diatonic degrees in the same scale; a succession of similar harmonic steps.
Sense 4. (Rom. Cath. Church.) A hymn introduced in the mass on certain festival days, and recited or sung immediately before the gospel, and after the gradual or introit, whence the name.
Bp. Fitzpatrick.