'Monkery' definitions:

Definition of 'Monkery'

From: GCIDE
  • Monkery \Monk"er*y\, n.; pl. Monkeries.
  • 1. The life of monks; monastic life; monastic usage or customs; -- now usually applied by way of reproach. [1913 Webster]
  • Miters, and wretched dead mediaeval monkeries. --Carlyle. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A collective body of monks. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Though he have a whole monkery to sing for him. --Latimer. [1913 Webster]

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