A woman in relation to her child; female parent_ also used of female animals in relation to their offspring, A title sometimes given to an abbess, and to other women holding an important position in religious or semi-religious institutions, A female parent; especially, one of the human race; a woman who has borne a child, adjective_ Received by birth or from ancestors; native, natural; ; also acting the part, or having the place of a mother; producing others; originating, the original church; a church from which other churches have sprung, the mother of a reigning sovereign; a queen mother