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monkery

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MONKERY

n.The life of monks; the monastic life.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

New American Oxford Dictionary

monkery

monk er y |ˈməNGkərē ˈməŋkəri | ▶noun derogatory monasticism. • a monastery.

Oxford Dictionary

monkery

monk |ery |ˈmʌŋkəri | ▶noun [ mass noun ] derogatory monasticism.