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Monkery
Pronunciation : Monk"er*y
Part of Speech : n.;
Definition : 1. The life of monks; monastic life; monastic usage or customs; -- now usually applied by way of reproach. Miters, and wretched dead medi?val monkeries. Carlyle.
2. A collective body of monks. [Obs.] Though he have a whole monkery to sing for him. Latimer.
pl. Monkeries (.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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