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–noun (used with a singular or plural verb

)

a collection of items or parts in one mass; assemblage; aggregation; heap: From the airplane the town resembled a congeries of tiny boxes.

[Origin: 1610–20; < L: a heap, equiv. to conger- (s. of congerere to collect, heap up, equiv. to con- con- + gerere to bear, carry) + -iés n. suffix; cf. rabies, series

]

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n. (used with a sing. verb)
A collection; an aggregation: "Our city, it should be explained, is two cities, or more—an urban mass or congeries divided by the river" (John Updike).

[Latin congeriēs, from congerere, to heap up; see congest.]

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