[{"word":"motherhouse","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The monastery from which the other 'houses' of a religious order or congregation were (directly or indirectly) founded, often eponymous.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"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.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/motherhouse"]}]