Definition of Monkiry

Definition of Monkiry

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 mediæval monkeries.

Carlyle.

2. A collective body of monks. [Obs.]

Though he have a whole monkery to sing for him.

Latimer.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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