/kon jear"eez, kon"jeuh reez/ , n. ( used with a sing. or pl. v. )
a collection of items or parts in one mass; assemblage; aggregation; heap: From the airplane the town resembled a congeries of tiny boxes.
[ 1610-20; conger- (s. of congerere to collect, heap up, equiv. to con- CON- + gerere to bear, carry) + -ies n. suffix; cf. RABIES, SERIES ]