monkery, monkerie

[Eng.monk; -ery.] 1. Monastic life; monasticism; monastic practices. "Neither do I meddle with their evangelical perfection of vows, nor the dangerous servitude of their rash and impotent votaries, nor the inconveniences of their monk ery."-Hall: No Peace with Rome , § 13. 2. A monastery; the inhabitants of a monastery. 3. The country; rural districts. ( Slang .) 4. Tramps, vagrants. ( Slang .)