monkery

In the Twelfth Century a college was merely a monkery that took in boarders, and learning was acquired by absorption.

Then follows an amusing story of "that Bishop of Bellay, who has writ so much against monks and monkery."

The fondness for monkery is easily deduced from some of the best principles in the human heart.

The mountain itself, although far beyond the dominions of Shoa, is renowned as the most sacred seat of monkery.