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1. Oxford Dictionary

   mother church

   • n.
     the Roman Catholic Church, regarded as a mother in its functions of nourishing and protecting the believer；the principal church of a country, region, or city

   • noun: Mother Church, plural noun: mother churches

2. • 釋義

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. the Roman Catholic Church, regarded as a mother in its functions of nourishing and protecting the believer they have been loyal servants to Mother Church the traditional teachings of Holy Mother Church
   • ▪ the principal church of a country, region, or city the cathedral is the mother church of the diocese of Chelmsford
   • ▪ the original church from which others have sprung the Church of England is considered the mother church of the Anglican Communion they founded the First Baptist Church of Charleston, which became the mother church of Baptists in the South