Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Corresponding in character or kind; appropriate or harmonious.
- adjective Mathematics Congruent.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Accordantly joined or related; harmonious; well adapted; appropriate; meet; fit; consistent.
- In mathematics, characterized by congruence: applied to two quantities the difference between which is divisible without remainder by a third. See
congruence , 2. - In geometry, having congruity.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Suitable or concordant; accordant; fit; harmonious; correspondent; consistent.
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- adjective
Corresponding incharacter . - adjective
Harmonious .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective corresponding in character or kind
- adjective suitable or appropriate together
Etymologies
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Examples
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Christ here by a name congruous to the thoughts which occupy his mind, when he speaks of Him that loved us.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) Alexander Maclaren 1868
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Nonadequate merit, more commonly called congruous merit, is merit in a weaker sense of the term; it merely requires that conditions be set up so that if you do a given thing you get a reward.
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The pope further states that, since Benedictine Oblates cannot, at the same time, be tertiaries of the Franciscan or any other order, it is "congruous" that they should have peculiar privileges.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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Congruism is the term by which theologians denote a theory according to which the efficacy of efficacious grace (see GRACE) is due, at least in part, to the fact that the grace is given in circumstances favourable to its operation, i.e. "congruous" in that sense.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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No doubt it would be more reasonable and more "congruous" that Bacon's book should suggest Bacon.
De Libris: Prose and Verse Austin Dobson 1880
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The Pope's view are congruous to the Catholic Church's position when matters involving human sexuality are concerned, and the Church's opposition to the use of contraception has elicited a correlation of large families and lower life expectancy in the world's poorest continent.
Michael Mungai: The Bait of Christian Fundamentalism in Africa Michael Mungai 2011
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The Pope's view are congruous to the Catholic Church's position when matters involving human sexuality are concerned, and the Church's opposition to the use of contraception has elicited a correlation of large families and lower life expectancy in the world's poorest continent.
Michael Mungai: The Bait of Christian Fundamentalism in Africa Michael Mungai 2011
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The Pope's view are congruous to the Catholic Church's position when matters involving human sexuality are concerned, and the Church's opposition to the use of contraception has elicited a correlation of large families and lower life expectancy in the world's poorest continent.
Michael Mungai: The Bait of Christian Fundamentalism in Africa Michael Mungai 2011
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The Pope's view are congruous to the Catholic Church's position when matters involving human sexuality are concerned, and the Church's opposition to the use of contraception has elicited a correlation of large families and lower life expectancy in the world's poorest continent.
Michael Mungai: The Bait of Christian Fundamentalism in Africa Michael Mungai 2011
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The Pope's view are congruous to the Catholic Church's position when matters involving human sexuality are concerned, and the Church's opposition to the use of contraception has elicited a correlation of large families and lower life expectancy in the world's poorest continent.
Michael Mungai: The Bait of Christian Fundamentalism in Africa Michael Mungai 2011
strev commented on the word congruous
where cons meet
April 4, 2009