mother earth

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noun

the earth regarded as the source of all animate and inanimate things.

the land or soil.

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Origin of mother earth

First recorded in 1580–90

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How to use mother earth in a sentence

In Wicca, the female goddess is represented by the Moon, a symbol of Mother Earth and fertility.
‘Gods of Suburbia’: Dina Goldstein’s Arresting Photo Series on Religion vs. Consumerism|Dina Goldstein|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The skin of this people is not of a wholesome color like the skin of our people who are born of our holy mother earth.
Prairie Smoke (Second Edition, Revised)|Melvin Randolph Gilmore
He sits down near the flower, upon the lap of Mother Earth, takes out his pipe and fills it with tobacco.
Prairie Smoke (Second Edition, Revised)|Melvin Randolph Gilmore
The floor of the buggy being too short for a bed, we were driven to seek rest on the bosom of Mother Earth.
Thirty Years in Australia|Ada Cambridge

The mules jolted us across the valley, and landed us at a big block of tents, and we took places in one; mother earth again.
In the Ranks of the C.I.V.|Erskine Childers
The fairies have the flowers for their musical bells, and the grasses sing softly to the dear mother earth.
'Round the Year in Myth and Song|Florence Holbrook

mother earth

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