monk·ery /ˈmʌŋkəri/
修道院生活,修道院,僧侶
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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