Congruities

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Congruity \Con*gru"i*ty\ (? or ?), n.; pl. {Congruities}. [Cf.
     F. congruit?.]
     1. The state or quality of being congruous; the relation or
        agreement between things; fitness; harmony;
        correspondence; consistency.
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              With what congruity doth the church of Rome deny
              that her enemies do at all appertain to the church
              of Christ?                            --Hooker.
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              A whole sentence may fail of its congruity by
              wanting one particle.                 --Sir P.
                                                    Sidney.
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     2. (Geom.) Coincidence, as that of lines or figures laid over
        one another.
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     3. (Scholastic Theol.) That, in an imperfectly good persons,
        which renders it suitable for God to bestow on him gifts
        of grace.
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