Monkery

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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              Miters, and wretched dead mediaeval monkeries.


                                                    --Carlyle.
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     2. A collective body of monks. [Obs.]
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              Though he have a whole monkery to sing for him.
                                                    --Latimer.
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