• (n.) A collective body of monks. • (n.) The life of monks; monastic life; monastic usage or customs; -- now usually applied by way of reproach. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/monkery/
Monk'er·y noun ; plural Monkeries 1. The life of monks; monastic life; monastic usage or customs; -- now usually applied by way of reproach. « Miters, and wretched dead mediæval monkeries .» Carlyle. 2. A collective body of monks. [ Obsolet... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/93