monkery
- Noun. (context, dated) the practices of monks; the way of life, behavior, etc. characteristic of monks; monastic life.
- Noun. (context, dated) monasticism.
- Noun. (context, dated) a monastery.
- Noun. (context, dated) monks, considered as a group. (cf ''clergy'', ''laity'').
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