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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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