Sentence:  For an instant John longed for the sound of the bells of Noyon-la-Sainte , the touch of his <WSD>mother</WSD> 's hand , the lilt of Charles 's voice in the square raftered rooms , his father 's bass tones rumbling to the canons , and the sight of the beloved bishop . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)