[kon-jeer-eez, kon-juh-reez] 
) | a collection of items or parts in one mass; assemblage; aggregation; heap: From the airplane the town resembled a congeries of tiny boxes. |
| con·ge·ries (kən-jîr'ēz', kŏn'jə-rēz') 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.] |