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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Monkery

· Monk·er·y · IPA
01 n. The life of monks; monastic life; monastic usage or customs; -- now usually applied by way of reproach.
pl. Monkeries
  1. 1.
    The life of monks; monastic life; monastic usage or customs; -- now usually applied by way of reproach.
    “Miters, and wretched dead mediaeval monkeries.” — Carlyle.
  2. 2.
    A collective body of monks.[Obs.]
    “Though he have a whole monkery to sing for him.” — Latimer.