See Also: congruity(dictionary)

congruity (iou)



congruity noun. LME.
[French congruite or late Latin congruitas, formed as CONGRUOUS: see -ITY.]
The quality of being congruous; agreement in character or qualities; accordance, harmony. LME.
b. An instance or point of correspondence, agreement, etc. Usu. in pl. E17.
Accordance with what is right or appropriate; fitness, propriety. LME.
Grammatical agreement or correctness; propriety of speech. LME-E18.
a. Scholastic Theology. The appropriateness of God's conferment of grace as a reward for the performance of good works. (Cf. condignity.) M16.
b. = CONGRUISM. M17.
Math. Coincidence, congruence. M17-M18.
Harmony of the parts of a whole, coherence. E19.