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congery|ˈkɒndʒərɪ|
Also congerie.
[A false singular evolved from congeries by the treatment of the final s as pl. inflexion.]
= congeries.
1866Meredith Vittoria I. ix. 129 Outside the army the empire was a jealous congery of intriguing, disaffected nationalities. 1897F. J. Burgoyne Libr. Construction 293 The French National Library is contained in a congerie of buildings. 1920Blackw. Mag. Aug. 210/1 He traces his way through the congery of squalid streets between the Cathedral and the Castle. 1928Galsworthy Swan Song ii. vi. 161 To the extent of pulling down a congery of old houses. 1932Wyndham Lewis Apes of God ix. 241 A conventionally distorted, antique, floridly-fringed head presided over the congery of tubes. |