conglutinate 
COnglutinate (kon-glo'ti-nat), a. [< L. conglu- 
tiitatiis, pp. : see the verb.] Glued together ; 
specifically, in l>ot., united by some adhesive 
substance, but not organically united: as, eon- 
glutinate organs. 
conglutination (kon-glo-ti-na'shon), n. [=F. 
conglutination = Sp. conglutination, = Pg. con- 
glutinayao = It. conglutinasione, < L. conglutina- 
tin(ii-), < cong/utinare, pp. conylutinatiis, glue 
together: see conglutinate, r.] The act of glu- 
ing together ; a joining or causing to cohere by 
means of some tenacious substance ; hence, in 
general, adhesive union ; coalescence. 
There goes to it six hundred several simples, besides 
some quantity ol human fat, for the conglutination. 
B. Jonson, Volpone, ii. 1. 
Conglutination of parts separated by a wound. 
Arbuthnot, Aliments. 
COnglutinative (kqn-glo"ti-na-tiv), a. [= F. 
conglutinatif=: Sp. Pg. It. c<ig'lutiit<itivo; as cwi- 
gliitintiti' + -ice'.] Having the power of uniting 
by conglutination. 
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2f. To welcome ; hail with expressions of plea- 
sure; salute. 
Give me leave to congratulate your happy Return from 
the Levant. Howell, Letters, I. v. 30. 
Henry Vane, Esq., before mentioned, was chosen gov- 
ernour; and, because he was son and heir to a privy 
counsellor in England, the ships congratulated his elec- 
tion with a volley of great shot. 
Winthrop, Hist. New England, I. 222. 
To congratulate one's self, to have a lively sense of 
one's good fortune in some particular ; rejoice or exult 
over some favorable fact or circumstance. =Syn. Congratu- 
late, Felicitate. See congratulation. 
II. t in trans. To express or feel sympathetic 
gratification : followed by with or, formerly, to. 
He ... addressed a letter to Governor Bradford, dated 
October 4th, desiring him to afford "the easiest means, 
that I may with least weariness come to congratulate with 
you." 
Quoted in Bradford's Plymouth Plantation, p. 233, note. 
I cannot but congratulate with my country, which hath 
ouWone all Europe in advancing conversation. Surift. 
congratulation (kon-grat-u-la'shon), . [= F. 
COnglutinator (kon-glo'ti-na-tor), . [< con- congratulation = Sp. congratulation = Pg. con- 
ijlntinate + -or.'] That which has the power gratulacao = It. congratulazionc, < L. congratu- 
of conglutinatmg; specifically, something that 
promotes the closing of wounds. Woodward. 
conglutine, . See conglutin. 
latio(n-), < congratulari, congratulate : see con- 
gratulate.'] The act of congratulating, or ex- 
. pressing to a person gratification or good wishes 
COnglutinOUS (kou-glo'ti-nus), a. [= F. con- at his success or happiness, or on account of an 
glutineux = Sp. Pg. conglutinoso, < LL. cougluti- event deemed auspicious; words used in con- 
nosus, < L. com- + glutinosus: see glutinous, and gratulating; felicitation, 
cf. conglutinatt:'] Conglutinant ; tenacious, 
conglutinously (kon-glo'ti-nus-li), adv. In a 
conglutinant manner ; tenaciously. 
The matter of it hangeth so conglutinously together, 
that the repulse divides it not. 
Swan, Speculum Mundi, p. 87. 
Congo 1 (kong'go), n. Same as congo-eel. 
Congo 2 (kong'go), . ; pi. Congos or Congoes 
(-goz). 1. A member of the race of negroes in- 
digenous to Congo, a country of western Africa, 
bordering on the Atlantic ocean and the river 
Congo. 
The most numerous sort of negro in the colonies, the 
Congoes and Franc-Congoes, and, though Serpent-worship- COngratlllator (kon-grat'u-la-tor), n. [= F 
ers, yet the gentlest and kindliest natures that came from congratulates = It. COItgratulatore, < L. as if 
n n ( '- 1KCaWc ' TheCe '. ltu ;5'^ XXI ; 622 - 'congratulator, < congratulari, wish joy: see 
2. \l. c.] [Cuban congo.] A kind of African congratulate.] One who offers congratulation, 
dance. See the extracts. Milton. 
rat'u-la-to-ri), a. [= F. 
Pg. It. congratulatorio, < 
congratulatorius, < * 'congratulator ': see 
The latter [dance], called Congo also in Cayenne, Chica eoaf/ratulator and -ory.~] Conveying congratu- 
in San Domingo, and in the Windward Islands confused lation: as, congratulatory expressions; a con- 
under one name with theCalinda, was a kind of Fandango, gratulatory letter or address, 
end* played "gVacef'i^part' 8 kerchief held by its tip " COngredient (kon-gre'di-ent), n. [< L. 
O. W. Cable, The Century, XXXI. 527. 
congo-eel (kong'go-el'), n. [Corrupted from 
Stricken by the sight, 
With slackened footsteps I advanced, and soon 
A glad congratulation we exchanged 
At such unthought-of meeting. Wordsworth. 
= 8301. Congratulation, Felicitation. Congratulation, like 
its verb congratulate, implies an actual feeling of plea- 
sure in another's happiness or good fortune ; while/eKci'ta- 
tion (with felicitate) rather refers to the expression on our 
part of a belief that the other is fortunate, felicitations 
being complimentary expressions intended to make the 
fortunate person well pleased with himself. 
Felicitations are little better than compliments: con- 
gratulations are the expression of a genuine sympathy and 
joy. Trench. 
congre- 
ppr. of congredi, come together, meet 
Congreeing in a full and natural close, 
Like music. Shak., Hen. V., i. 2. 
[< con- + greet 1 .'] 
Congo pea, red, snake. See pea, red, snake. 
congou (kong'go), n. [The Amoy pronuncia- 
tion of the Chinese Jcung-fm, labor: so called 
from the labor necessary for its production.] congreett (kon-gref), v. . 
A grade of black tea produced in China, being To salute mutually, 
the third picking during the season. Face to face, and royal eye to eye, 
A few presents now and then china, shawls, congou You have congreeted. Shak., Hen. V., v. 2. 
tea, avadavats, and Indian crackers little more, believe n n<n-a<ra+A fVv,'.5 ,** . ,j 
me. Sheridan, School for Scandal, v. 1. congregate (kong gre-gat), v. ; pret. and pp. 
congregated, ppr. congregating. [< L. congre- 
congratulable (kon-grat'u-la-bl), a. 
gratulan(t-)s, ppr. of congratulari, congratu- 
late: see congratulate."] Congratulating; ex- 
pressing congratulation. 
Forth rush'd in haste the great consulting peers, 
Raised from their dark divan, and with like joy 
Congratulant approach'd him. Milton, P. L., x. 458. 
congratulate (kon-grat'u-lat), v. ; pret. and pp. 
congratulated, ppr. congratulating. [< L. con- 
gratulatus, pp. of congratulari (>l't. congratulare 
== Sp. Pg. congratular =: F. congratuler), wish 
joy, < com-, together, + gratulari, wish joy: 
see gratulate.~\ I. trans. 1. To address with 
expressions of sympathetic pleasure; compli- 
ment or felicitate upon an event deemed hap- 
py ; wish joy to : with on or upon before the sub- 
ject of congratulation : as, to congratulate a man 
on the birth of a son ; to congratulate the nation 
on the restoration of peace. 
or bring together into an assemblage ; assem- 
ble ; bring into one place or into a crowd or 
mass. 
These waters were afterwards congregated and called the 
sea. Raleigh, Hist. World. 
The gutter'd rocks, and congregated sands. 
Shak., Othello, ii. 1. 
Congregate a multitude to deliver him out of prison. 
Prynne, Power of Parliament, i. 95. 
2f. To bring to a center or focus ; concentrate. 
Darkness in Churches congregates the Sight, 
Devotion strays in glaring Light. 
Howell, Letters, I. v. 22. 
II. intrans. To come together; assemble; 
meet, especially in large numbers. 
Where merchants most do congregate. 
Shak., M. of V., i B. 
Equals with equals often congregate. 
Sir J. Denhatn. 
and smitten him. 
It is the king's most sweet pleasure and affection to con- 
gratulate the princess at her pavilion. Shak. , L. L. L., v. 1. 
congregate (kong'gre-gat), a. [< L. congrega- 
i Chron. xviii. 10. tus , pp.: see the verb.] 1. Collected; com- 
pact; close. 
Where the matter is most congregate. Bacon, Nat. Hist. 
congregation 
2. Of or pertaining to an assemblage or con- 
gregation ; associate ; joint. 
It [White Sulphur Springl is the only place left where 
there is a congrtgatt social life. 
C. D. Warner, Their Pilgrimage, p. 253. 
Congregate glands. See gland. 
congregation (kong-gre-ga'shon), >i, [= F. 
congregation = Sp. congregacioii = Pg. congre- 
gacao = It. congregazione, < L. congregatio(n-), 
an assembling together, union, society, < con- 
gregarc, pp. congrcgatus, congregate : see con- 
gregate, r.] 1. The act of congregating; the 
act of bringing together or assembling; aggre- 
gation. 
By congregation of homogcncal parts. Bacon. 
2. Any collection or assemblage of persons or 
things. 
A foul and pestilent congregation of vapours. 
Shak., Hamlet, ii. 2. 
I have it not in my nature to look at the animal world 
merely as a congregation of beasts. 
P. Robinson, Under the Sun, p. 3. 
Specifically 3. In the Old Testament, the 
whole body of the Hebrews, as a community 
gathered and set apart for the service of God ; 
in the New Testament, the Christian church in 
general, or a particular assemblage of worship- 
ers. 4. In modern use, an assemblage of per- 
sons for religious worship and instruction; in 
a restricted sense, a number of persons organ- 
ized or associated as a body for the purpose of 
holding religious services in common. See par- 
ish and society. 
It I see anything to-night why I should not marry her 
to-morrow, in the congregation, where I should wed, there 
will I shame her. Shak., Much Ado, iii. 2. 
Wherever God erects a house of prayer, 
The devil always builds a chapel there ; 
And 'twill be found, upon examination, 
The latter has the largest congregation. 
Defoe, True-Born Englishman, 1. 4. 
He [Bunyan] rode every year to London and preached 
there to large and attentive congregations, 
Btacaulay, John Bnnyan. 
5. Formerly, in the English colonies of North 
America, a parish, hundred, town, plantation, 
or other settlement. 6. In the Horn. Cath. Ch. : 
(a) One of the committees of cardinals appoint- 
ed by the pope to aid him in the transaction of 
the business of the church. The decisions of these 
congregations are ordinarily regarded as equivalent to 
decisions of the pope himself. There are eleven regu- 
lar congregations, namely: (1) the Congregation of the 
Consistory, which prepares the business to be brought be- 
fore the consistory or assembly of all the cardinals (see 
consistory, 4) ; (2) the Congregation of the Holy Office of the 
Inquisition, which tries all cases of heresy brought before 
It, and formerly heard appeals from lower inquisitorial 
courts, and sent inquisitors where needed (see inquisi- 
tion); (3) the Congregation of the Index, which decides 
what books shall be placed upon the Index Expurgatorius, 
or list of forbidden books (see index) ; (4) the Congregation 
of Rites, whose duty is to promote a general uniformity of 
the externals of divine worship, and to decide with regard 
to the beatification and canonization of any one whose name 
is proposed therefor ; (5) the Congregation of Immunities, 
which is charged with the duty of determining all matters 
concerning the right of asylum, and such as relate to ec- 
clesiastical jurisdiction where it comes in contact with the 
civil power ; (6) the Congregation of the Fabric, which is 
charged with everything that relates to the conservation 
of St. Peter's ; (7) the Congregation of the Council (that is, 
of Trent), which is the official interpreter of the decrees 
of the Council of Trent on all matters of discipline when- 
ever questions arise thereon, the interpretation of its 
articles of faith being reserved to the pope himself ; (8) the 
Congregation of Bishops and Regulars, which disposes of 
such differences as may arise between the bishops and the 
regular communities within their respective dioceses ; (9) 
the Congregation of Discipline, which superintends the in- 
terior discipline of monastic establishments ; (10) the Con- 
gregation of the Propaganda, which has charge of the mis- 
sions of the church, and of the College of Propaganda, an 
institution at Rome for the instruction of men intended 
for missionary work (see propaganda) ; (11) the Congrega- 
tion of Indulgences, which superintends the examination 
and certification of the authenticity of relics and the 
grant of indulgences. Other special congregations are 
also appointed by the pope. Cath. Diet, (ft) \ reli- 
gious community bound together by a common 
rule, but not by the solemn and irrevocable 
vows which characterize the monastic orders. 
Among them are the Oratorians, the Dames Anglaises, 
the Fathers of the Mission or Lazarists, the Oblates. the 
Passionists, the Redemptorists, the Marists, and the Chris- 
tian Brothers. (See Christian Brothers, under Christian^ .) 
(c) A group of monasteries which agree to prac- 
tise the rules of their order more strictly in 
their respective houses, and unite themselves 
together by closer ties, such as the congrega- 
tions of Cluny and St. Maur. 
As a broad general rule, nearly every post-Reformation 
institute is styled, not an "Order, "but a "Congregation" ; 
but the only distinction which can be drawn between these 
two names is that "order" is the wider, and may include 
several congregations within itself (as the Benedictine or- 
der, for example, includes the congregations of finny and 
of St. Maur), while a congregation is a simple unit, com- 
