Kennelry

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of kennel (place). uncommon

    "Pursuing our homeward journey four or five miles we descried a long row of cabins after the style of a Mormon’s wife kennelry. Another lady of the party of persuasive eloquence volunteered to assist in imploring of the inmates shelter for the night. But the queen of the cabins had only one bed which she could place at our service, and was not at all prepared to take care of us anyway."

  2. 2
    Synonym of kennel (collective). rare

    "He is convinced that the aristocracy stands in the way of the development of the rights of man, and he says so unflinchingly, though he be howled at as an ill-mannered demagogue by the whole kennelry of gorged aristocracy, and of their fawning minions."

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Example

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"Pursuing our homeward journey four or five miles we descried a long row of cabins after the style of a Mormon’s wife kennelry. Another lady of the party of persuasive eloquence volunteered to assist in imploring of the inmates shelter for the night. But the queen of the cabins had only one bed which she could place at our service, and was not at all prepared to take care of us anyway."

Etymology

From kennel + -ry.

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