mother church (English, noun)
expansion: mother church (plural mother churches)
Senses:
topics: Christianity
glosses: The Church regarded as nourishing and protecting its members.
topics: Christianity
glosses: A church with oversight over another or others, now especially a cathedral or metropolitan church.
topics: Christianity
glosses: The original church of a denomination, regarded as having birthed the others.
topics: Christianity
glosses: The original denomination or community of believers from which other denominations and communities of believers sprang.
Forms:
form: mother churches
tags: plural