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congeries
[ kon-jeer-eez, kon-juh-reez ]
noun
From the airplane the town resembled a congeries of tiny boxes.
congeries
/ kɒnˈdʒɪəriːz /
noun
- functioning as singular or plural a collection of objects or ideas; mass; heap
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Origin of congeries1
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Example Sentences
It was now seen that the particles of carbon dust in contact which formed the button were a congeries of minute micro-phones.
Aperitur ilico telorum occlusa congeries, et sua sibi quisque tacitus arma connectit.
With a bewildered stare at the congeries of squalid tents and cabins that comprised the camp, he accosted Barney.
America consists at present of a congeries of nations who happen to be united under a common federal government.
The gens Anglorum whose ecclesiastical history is being written is but a loose congeries of kindred folks.
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