CONGRUITIES

Noun

congruities

plural of congruity

Source: Wiktionary


CONGRUITY

Con*gru"i*ty ( or , n.; pl. Congruities. Etym: [Cf. F. congruit.]

1. The state or quality of being congruous; the relation or agreement between things; fitness; harmony; correspondence; consistency. With what congruity doth the church of Rome deny that her enemies do at all appertain to the church of Christ Hooker. A whole sentence may fail of its congruity by wanting one particle. Sir P. Sidney.

2. (Geom.)

Definition: Coincidence, as that of lines or figures laid over one another.

3. (Scholastic Theol.)

Definition: That, in an imperfectly good persons, which renders it suitable for God to bestow on him gifts of grace.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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