English-Finnish translations for motherhouse

Definition of motherhouse

• The monastery from which the other 'housesof a religious order or congregation were founded, often eponymous
• The convent which is the seat of the superior of an order or congregation, and/or on which lower ranking houses depend

Examples

• The Cistercian order is called after its motherhouse Cîteaux in Burgundy, where abbot St. Bernard initiated in 1113 the reform of their branch of the Benedictine order, which has its motherhouse at Monte Cassino

Related words

• motherhood
• godmotherhood
• grandmotherhood