Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Consequential

Consequential , adjective

1.
Following as a consequence, result, or logical inference; consequent.
All that is revealed in Scripture has a consequential necessity of being believed... because it is of divine authority. — Locke
These kind of arguments... are highly consequential and concludent to my purpose. — Sir M. Hale
2.
Assuming or exhibiting an air of consequence; pretending to importance; pompous; self-important; as, a consequential man. See Consequence, n., 4.
His stately and consequential pace. — Sir W. Scott
Collocations (1)
Consequential damage (Law) , (a) Damage so remote as not to be actionable (b) Damage which although remote is actionable. (c) Actionable damage, but not following as an immediate result of an act.