[ad. L. conglomerātiōn-em, n. of action f. conglomerā-re to CONGLOMERATE. Also in mod.F.]

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  1.  The action of conglomerating, or condition of being conglomerated.

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1626.  Bacon, Sylva, § 267. The Multiplication and Conglomeration of Sounds.

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1842.  Barham, Ingol. Leg., Auto-da-fé, Introd. The conglomeration of Christian names usual in the families of the haute noblesse of Spain.

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  2.  quasi-concr. † a. A coil or ball (of thread or the like). b. A collection of things joined in a compact body; a cluster, coherent mass.

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1659.  H. More, Immort. Soul (1662), III. xiii. 201. These Conglomerations of the threads of the Silk-worm.

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1697.  Sir T. P. Blount, Ess., 114. Nothing but a Conglomeration of Vessels.

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1836.  Todd, Cycl. Anat., I. 105/2. I have … taken from the water a large conglomeration of male frogs.

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1858.  Hawthorne, Fr. & It. Jrnls., II. 258. A confused … conglomeration of buildings.

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1866.  Liddon, Bampt. Lect., ii. 73. That conglomeration of men we call a nation.

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