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