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.
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Bibliography Information Entry for 'Sequence'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​s/sequence.html. 1910.