Definify.com
Webster 1913 Edition
Monkery
Monk′er-y
,Noun.
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
. Carlyle.
2.
A collective body of monks.
[Obs.]
Though he have a whole
monkery
to sing for him. Latimer.
Webster 1828 Edition
Monkery
MONKERY
,Noun.