1) Monastic life 
monks in general; monasticism; behaviour of monks
• (n.) A collective body of monks. • (n.) The life of monks; monastic life; monastic usage or customs; -- now usually applied by way of reproach.
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...
the mode of life, behavior, etc., of monks; monastic life. · a monastery. · the practices, beliefs, etc., of monks.