mother house
a convent housing a mother superior of a community of nuns.
a self-governing convent having authority over other houses.
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How to use mother house in a sentence
Though she is only thirty-three she is already the first assistant at the mother house, whence she comes to inspect here.
Memoirs of the Duchesse de Dino v.1/3, 1831-1835 | Dorothy Duchesse de DinoLuxeuil became the popular school of Gaul, the mother house of hundreds of monasteries.
How France Built Her Cathedrals | Elizabeth Boyle O'ReillyAs to the mother house, it is asserted on honor that up to 1838 not even as much as a curio had been sent there.
The Old Franciscan Missions Of California | George Wharton JamesYou see, Reverend Mother has given me a letter to the Superior in the mother-house, and other letters, too.
The Guests Of Hercules | C. N. Williamson and A. M. WilliamsonIt may be mentioned here that in 1409 the Priory of Groenendael was instituted the Mother-house of a congregation of that name.
A Mediaeval Mystic | Vincent Scully
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