Thesaurus: monkery

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1. n. The life of monks; monastic life; monastic usage or customs; -- now usually applied by way of reproach.
2. n. A collective body of monks.
3. 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.
4. n. The life of monks; monastic life; monastic usage or customs; -- now usually applied by way of reproach. n. A collective body of monks.