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Mother church

Noun

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1.NounThe Church regarded as nourishing and protecting its members.
"Catholics regard Mary as Mother of the Church but an all-male hierarchy as the Mother Church."
2.NounA church with oversight over another or others, now especially a cathedral or metropolitan church.
"Mothering Sunday arose from the custom of visiting mother churches at Mid-Lent, rather than the usual parish church."
3.NounThe original church of a denomination, regarded as having birthed the others.
"The mother church of Christian Scientists is in Boston, Massachusetts."
4.NounThe original denomination or community of believers from which other denominations and communities of believers sprang.
"The Church of England is the mother church of Anglicans around the world."
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