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mother tongue
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motherhouse
moth·er·house [ múər hòwss ] (plural moth·er·houses [ múər hòwzəz ])


noun 
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original monastery or convent: a Christian monastery or convent from which monks or nuns have gone out to found new monasteries and convents
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