Monk"er*y (?), n.; pl. Monkeries ().
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.
A collective body of monks.
[Obs.]
Though he have a whole monkery to sing for him.
Latimer.
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