congeries

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

Borrowed from Latin congeriēs (“a heap, mass, pile”), from congerō (“to carry together, heap”).

It overshadows all other holidays and specialized days of whatever sort in that congeries of colonies. — Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World, Mark Twain
In the midst of this congeries of dungeons, surrounded by clanking chains and weeping captives, stands the chair of the "Holy Father." — Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber : $b or, The influence of Romanism on trade, justice, and knowledge, J. A. (James Aitken) Wylie
But Germany even in 1815 was still a congeries of provinces, varying in importance and separated from one another by tariff walls. — A history of economic doctrines : $b from the time of the physiocrats to the present day, Charles Gide

aggregate, conglomeration

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