MONKERIES

Noun

monkeries

plural of monkery

Source: Wiktionary


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. Miters, and wretched dead mediæval monkeries. Carlyle.

2. A collective body of monks. [Obs.] Though he have a whole monkery to sing for him. Latimer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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