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Monkery
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noun
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."
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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48
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