congeries
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...
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin congeriēs (“a heap, mass, pile”), from congerō (“to carry together, heap”).
Adapted from the Wiktionary entry congeries (CC BY-SA 4.0).