congeries

American  

[kon-jeer-eez, kon-juh-reez] / kɒnˈdʒɪər iz, ˈkɒn dʒə riz /

noun

(used with a singular or plural verb)

1. a collection of items or parts in one mass; assemblage; aggregation, heap.

   From the airplane the town resembled a congeries of tiny boxes.

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congeries British  

/ kɒnˈdʒɪəriːz /

noun

1. (functioning as singular or plural) a collection of objects or ideas; mass; heap

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Etymology

Origin of congeries

First recorded in 1610–20; from Latin: “a heap, pile, collection,” equivalent to conger- (stem of congerere “to collect, heap up,” equivalent to con-, combining form + gerere “to bear, carry”) + -iēs abstract noun suffix; see con-

Example Sentences

Congeries of meanings attach themselves to every noun used in an effort to dodge censorship.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is form'd by the Main, or the northern extremity of New Holland, on the South-East, and by a Congeries of Islands to North-West, which I named Prince of Wales's Islands.

From Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World by Cook, James

By the way, why don't you write in The New Congeries?

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, October 17, 1891 by Various

Congeries, kon-jē′ri-ēz, n. a collection of particles or small bodies in one mass.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

It is this Congeries of the Aspects of Being which Kant denominates Quality, as a name of a Group of the Categories of the Understanding; and which he divides into 1.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various