n. Deduction; specifically, in music, the regular succession of notes in the hexachords of the musical system introduced by Guido d'Arezzo, about a. d. 1024.
Word Usage
"Long before the birth of Jesus Christ, Roman custom drew a clear distinction between the sponsalia, or preliminaries, and the marriage itself, which latter culminated in the conducting of the bride to her husband's house (in domum deductio)."