English Dictionary

congee

/ˈkɑnd͡ʒi/

noun

Leave, formal permission for some action, (originally and particularly): / (obsolete) Formal permission to leave; a passport.

I love to eat congee for breakfast.

意味（1）

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

意味（2）

(obsolete) Formal permission to leave; a passport.

意味（3）

(obsolete) Formal dismissal; (figuratively) any dismissal; (originally & particularly humorously ironic) abrupt dismissal without ceremony.

So courteous conge both did giue and take,

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

意味（4）

(obsolete) Formal leavetaking; (figuratively) any farewell.

意味（5）

(obsolete, Scotland) A fee paid to make another go away, (particularly) alms to a persistent beggar.

意味（6）

(archaic) A bow, curtsey, or other gesture (originally) made at departure but (later) including at greeting or in obeissance or respect.

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