Mother

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Mother

1. (dated) One's mother.
2. A title given to a nun or a priestess.
3. (Wicca) One of the triune goddesses of the Lady in Wicca alongside the Crone and Maiden and representing a woman older than a girlish Maiden but younger than an aged Crone.
   • 2002, A.J. Drew, Wicca for Couples: Making Magick Together‎, page 90:

     ...different stages of life as represented by our Lady as Maiden, Mother, and Crone, as well as our Lord as Master, Father, and Sage.

   • 2004, Aurora Greenbough; Cathy Jewell, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Spells and Spellcraft, page 9:

     The Lady is often thought of as having three aspects: Maiden, Mother, and Crone.

4. A title given to the personification of a force of nature or abstract concept, such as Mother Nature, Mother Russia, or Mother Earth.

• Mom, Mum, Mummy
• Goddess

• Father

• Father
• Mother Nature
• Mother Russia

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