noun suffix
( -es )
Etymology: Middle English -erie, from Old French, from -ier -er + -ie -y
1. : qualities collectively : character : -ness
tomfool ery
snobb ery
2. : art, practice, trade
mountebank ery
— compare -ry
3. : place of doing, keeping, growing, breeding, selling (the thing specified)
pigg ery
rook ery
fish ery
bind ery
bak ery
4. : collection : aggregate
fin ery
green ery
— compare -ry
5. : state : condition
slav ery
monk ery
— compare -ry