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Definition of Congeries
1. Noun. A sum total of many heterogenous things taken together.
Member holonyms: Plankton, Nekton
Generic synonyms: Sum, Sum Total, Summation
Derivative terms: Aggregate, Conglomerate
Definition of Congeries
1. n. sing & pl. A collection of particles or bodies into one mass; a heap; an aggregation.
Definition of Congeries
1. Noun. A collection or aggregation of disparate items. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Congeries
1. [n CONGERIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Congeries
Literary usage of Congeries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1903)
"In reality it is а congeries of suits with little relation to each other, except
there is a common plaintiff who has similar claims against many persons. ..."
2. The Bible: Its Meaning and Supremacy by Frederic William Farrar (1897)
"... misinterpretation of the Bible, and the consequent wrongs inflicted upon it,
has been the habit of treating it as though it were a congeries of isolated ..."
3. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1845)
"To use the words of a recent sermon— ' name, merely a congeries of mob-ruled
independencies.'— Abstract Principles of Revealed Religion, pp. 339, 344. ..."
4. The True Intellectual System of the Universe: Wherein All the Reason and by Ralph Cudworth, Johann Lorenz Mosheim (1845)
"... really so many distinct substances, ani- mals and gods, have thereby made that
second hypostasis, not to be one God, but a congeries and heap of gods. ..."
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