Motherhouses

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Definitions and meanings of "Motherhouses"

What do we mean by motherhouses?

The monastery from which the other 'houses' of a religious order or congregation were (directly or indirectly) founded, often eponymous.

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.

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The word "motherhouses" in example sentences

And we have three motherhouses in our Diocese whose first concerns are selling the real estate, getting the retirement money, and who is going to blow out the sanctuary light when the last one goes...if the good Lord is going to even be there. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Taylor spent a lot of time with these not-so-traditional nuns, who sod-bust the manicured lawns around their motherhouses to create community-supported organic gardens, build alternative housing structures and hermitages from renewable materials, adopt the "green" technology of composting toilets, solar panels, fluorescent lighting, and hybrid vehicles and turn their community properties into land trusts with wildlife sanctuaries. ❋ Unknown (2007)

With the help of their motherhouses our various sisterhoods have dotted the West with convents, schools, hospitals and charitable institutions. ❋ George Thomas Daly (1914)

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