motherhouse (English, noun)
expansion: motherhouse (plural motherhouses)
Senses:
glosses: The monastery from which the other 'houses' of a religious order or congregation were (directly or indirectly) founded, often eponymous.
glosses: The convent which is the seat (and often the above original foundation) of the superior of an order or congregation, and/or on which lower ranking houses (such as priories under an abbot) depend.
Forms:
form: motherhouses
tags: plural