How to pronounce “mother church”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (Christianity) The Church regarded as nourishing and protecting its members.
• (Christianity) A church with oversight over another or others, now especially a cathedral or metropolitan church.
• (Christianity) The original church of a denomination, regarded as having birthed the others.
• (Christianity) The original denomination or community of believers from which other denominations and communities of believers sprang.

Practice Nearby Words

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Similar Sounds

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