Sequence
sequence
A hymn of joy following the Gradual in the Mass of certain joyous feasts, to denote in a special way the joyous character of the Mass, e.g., Lauda Sion Salvatorem, from the Mass of Corpus Christi.
The hymn Dies irae, dies illa in Requiem Masses is not a sequence properly so-called.
Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Sequence
1. The later name of the pneuma, a melodious and varied prolongation of the Hallelujah.
2. The announcement of the Gospel of the day when taken from the middle of the Gospels, but called initium when the opening words were to follow. On the four days of Holy Week the words The Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ replaced the ordinary sequence, or initial.
3. The name for a hymn in meter. SEE PROSE; SEE SEQUENCES.