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congee
/ˈkɑnd͡ʒi/
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What does congee mean?
noun
- Leave, formal permission for some action, (originally and particularly)
- A type of thick rice porridge or soup, sometimes prepared with vegetables and/or meat.
More meanings (9)
noun
- (obsolete) Formal permission to leave; a passport.
- (obsolete) Formal dismissal; (figurative) any dismissal; (originally & particularly humorously ironic) abrupt dismissal without ceremony.
- (obsolete) Formal leavetaking; (figurative) any farewell.
- (obsolete) A fee paid to make another go away, (particularly) alms to a persistent beggar.
- (archaic) A bow, curtsey, or other gesture (originally) made at departure but (later) including at greeting or in obeissance or respect.
verb
- (archaic, obsolete) To give formal permission to leave; to dismiss.
- (archaic, obsolete) To give formal permission to do something; to license.
- (archaic) To take congee: to leave ceremoniously.
- (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.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈkɑnd͡ʒi/
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Then tucking the dusty boots under his arm, the old man with a low congee, and a “Good-night, your honour!”
“My daughter Rebecca, so please your Grace,” answered Isaac, with a low congee, nothing embarrassed by the Prince’s salutation, in which, however, there was at least as much mockery as courtesy.
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They first congee unto her, then dance; and, at certain changes, the first two hold a spare garland over her head, at which the other four make reverent curtsies.