English Explanatory Dictionary

monkery

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The practices of monks; the way of life, behavior, etc. characteristic of monks; monastic life.
  2. Monasticism.
  3. A monastery.
  4. Monks, considered as a group. (Compare clergy, laity.)

Word forms

monkery monkeries

Etymology

From monk + -ery.

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