suff.
- A place for: bakery.
- A collection or class: finery.
- A state or condition: slavery.
- Act; practice: bribery.
- Characteristics or qualities of: snobbery.
[Middle English -erie, from Old French : -er, agent suff. (partly from -ier; see -er1 , and partly from -ere, -eor; see -or1) + -ie, noun suff.; see -y2.]




