Monkery /(?)/

Monk·er·y

Monkery

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