congeries

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin congeriēs (“a heap, mass, pile”), from congerō (“to carry together, heap”).

1. A collection or aggregation of disparate items.

   “And when the Newtonian philosophy gained ground in Europe, it was the opinion of Cotes rather than that of Newton that became most prevalent, till at last Boscovich propounded his theory, that matter is a congeries of mathematical points...”

   “The world has seen the postal system developed from a congeries of independent and exclusive services into a well-ordered union, of which all countries enjoy the manifold benefits.”