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Definition of Monkery
1. n. The life of monks; monastic life; monastic usage or customs; -- now usually applied by way of reproach.
Definition of Monkery
1. Noun. (context: dated often pejorative) the practices of monks; the way of life, behavior, etc. characteristic of monks; monastic life ¹
2. Noun. (context: dated pejorative) monasticism ¹
3. Noun. (context: dated often pejorative or humorous) a monastery ¹
4. Noun. (context: dated collectively) monks, considered as a group. (cf ''clergy'', ''laity'') ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Monkery
1. the mode of life of monks [n -ERIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Monkery
Literary usage of Monkery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Spirit of Laws by Charles de Secondat Montesquieu, Thomas Nugent (1773)
"... from monkery: •"• it had its rife in the warm countries of the Eaft, where
they are left inclined to action than to ..."
2. The Mercersburg Review by Alumni Association, Pa.) Marshall College (Mercersburg (1852)
"... and for the pretended miracles of monkery. tVe grant that the elements of
Romanism were fermenting and growing rank in the ancient Church—the church of ..."
3. The History of Romanism: from the Earliest Corruptions of Christianity to by John Dowling (1845)
"ORIGIN OF ROMISH ERRORS CONTINUED monkery. § 21.—monkery, like most of the
characteristic marks of Antichrist, bears the most indubitable evidences of its ..."
4. Church History by Johann Heinrich Kurtz (1890)
"... limited to England and North America.i— Continuation, § 202, 5. II.—The Roman
Catholic Church. § 156. THE PAPACY, monkery, AND FOREIGN MISSIONS. ..."
5. A Concise History of the Christian Church: From Its First Establishment to by George Gregory (1845)
"Doctrines—Creed of Tertullian—Platonic Christians—monkery—St. Anthony—Opinions
concerning the state of the ..."
6. Sketches of Church History: Comprising a Regular Series of the Most by James Wharey (1840)
"monkery.—6. Writers.—7. Theology.—-8. Superstitious and human inventions.—9.
Mystics.—10. Vigilan- tius.—11. The Donatists.—12. Arians.—13. Nestorians.— 14. ..."
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