mother house

noun Roman Catholic Church.

a convent housing a mother superior of a community of nuns.
a self-governing convent having authority over other houses.

Origin of mother house

First recorded in 1665–75

Words nearby mother house

mother figure, mother goddess, mother goose, mother goose rhymes, mother hen, mother house, mother hubbard, mother language, mother liquor, mother lode, mother nature

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