n.; pl. Congruities /plu>. [ Cf. F. congruit&unr_;. ] 1. The state or quality of being congruous; the relation or agreement between things; fitness; harmony; correspondence; consistency. [ 1913 Webster ]

With what congruity doth the church of Rome deny that her enemies do at all appertain to the church of Christ? Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

A whole sentence may fail of its congruity by wanting one particle. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Geom.) Coincidence, as that of lines or figures laid over one another. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Scholastic Theol.) That, in an imperfectly good persons, which renders it suitable for God to bestow on him gifts of grace. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Incongruity; disagreement; unsuitableness. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Incongruities [ Pref. in- not + congruity: cf. F. incongruité. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The quality or state of being incongruous; lack of congruity; unsuitableness; inconsistency; impropriety. [ 1913 Webster ]

The fathers make use of this acknowledgment of the incongruity of images to the Deity, from thence to prove the incongruity of the worship of them. Bp. Stillingfleet. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Disagreement of parts; lack of symmetry or of harmony. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which is incongruous; lack of congruity. [ 1913 Webster ]