a. and sb. [ad. L. consectāri-us logically following, consequent (whence consectārium sb.), 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. sb. 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.
