con|ge|ries

con|ge|ries
con|ge|ries «kon JIHR eez, -ee eez», noun singular. or plural.
a collection; heap; mass: »

The modern urban society…is itself a congeries of groups often more or less hostile to one another (Ogburn and Nimkoff).

SYNONYM(S): aggregation.
[< Latin congeriēs heap, pile < congerere bring together; see etym. under congest (Cf.congest)]

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