congruism

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 ]