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con·gru·i·ty
\kənˈgrüəd.ē, känˈ-, käŋˈ-\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle English congruite, from Middle French congruité, from Late Latin congruitat-, congruitas, from Latin congruus + itat-, -itas -ity
1. : the quality or state of agreeing or coinciding (as one with another or with something referred to) : conformity, correspondence
< congruity of thought and action >
< the congruity of God's law with natural law >
2.
a. : suitability, appropriateness : inner harmony : agreement or accordance of the parts of a whole
< we can … judge the coherence and congruity of its language — C.D.Lewis >
< a spot which returned upon the memory of those who loved it with an aspect of peculiar and kindly congruity — Thomas Hardy >
b. obsolete : natural aptitude or fitness (as for one's work)
3. : merit described in scholastic theology as granted through divine generosity : merit given rather than earned or given in excess of that which is earned — distinguished from condignity
4. : an instance or point of agreement or correspondence
< the occasional congruities between fact and prophecy >
5. obsolete : correspondence in physical structure or substance tending to promote union or mixture |