Congee

Quick meaning: Congee is a noun meaning Leave, formal permission for some action, (originally and particularly):.

Meaning

Leave, formal permission for some action, (originally and particularly):.

More Meanings

1. (obsolete) Formal dismissal; (figurative) any dismissal; (originally & particularly humorously ironic) abrupt dismissal without ceremony.
2. (obsolete) Formal leavetaking; (figurative) any farewell.
3. (obsolete, Scotland) A fee paid to make another go away, (particularly) alms to a persistent beggar.
4. (archaic) A bow, curtsey, or other gesture (originally) made at departure but (later) including at greeting or in obeissance or respect.
5. (archaic) To give congee, (particularly)
6. (archaic) To take congee: to leave ceremoniously.
7. (archaic) To make a congee: to bow, curtsey, etc., (particularly dialectal) while leaving; (figuratively) to make obeissance, show respect, or defer to someone or something.

Example Sentences

So courteous conge both did giue and take, With right hands plighted, pledges of good will.

So saying, he bowed with a thousand apish congês, and presented his paper to Peregrine […].

In a past life in Fuzhou, it represented some reality other than the one of daily congee and pickled turnips, cabbage and boiled rip soup.

As salutations, reverences, or conges, by which some doe often purchase the honour, (but wrongfully) to be humble, lowly, and courteous[…].

Word Forms

• congees
• conge
• congeeing
• congeed
• conjee

Synonyms for congee

Depending on context, synonyms include porridge, zhou, jook, juk, conge.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include conge, porridge, zhou, permission, permittance, allowance.

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