About The Word Monkery
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Monkery
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What's The Definition Of Monkery?Synonyms | Synonyms for Monkery: Related Terms | Find terms related to Monkery: See Also | Monkery In Webster's Dictionary \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 medi[ae]val monkeries.
--Carlyle.
2. A collective body of monks. [Obs.]
Though he have a whole monkery to sing for him.
--Latimer.
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