Sentence:  The monk Gabriel did not relax in his fervid appeals from the pulpit of the Augustines. It was against the condition of <WSD>monkery</WSD> itself he now dealt his powerful strokes; and if the strength of Romish doctrines was principally in the mass, the monastic Order formed the main support of her priestly hierarchy. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Monasticism.