[-ery] n suffix, pl -er.ies [ME -erie, fr. OF, fr. -ier -er + -ie -y] 1: qualities collectively: character: -ness "snobb ery"
2: art: practice "quackery"
3: place of doing, keeping, producing, or selling (the thing specified) "fishery" "bakery"
4: collection: aggregate "finery"
5: state or condition "slavery"