monkery

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Monkery \Monk"er*y\, n.; pl. {Monkeries}.
   1. The life of monks; monastic life; monastic usage or
      customs; -- now usually applied by way of reproach.
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            Miters, and wretched dead mediaeval monkeries.
                                                  --Carlyle.
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   2. A collective body of monks. [Obs.]
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            Though he have a whole monkery to sing for him.
                                                  --Latimer.
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