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:<br><b>1.</b> *<span class="fr"><i>abbesse, supérieure</i></span> — <span class="en"><i>abbess, matron of a nunnery</i></span>.<br><b>2.</b> mater ecclesla: <span class="fr">cathédrale</span> — <span class="en">cathedral</span>.<br><b>3.</b> mater ecclesia: <span class="fr">église d'une grande paroisse primitive, église baptismale dont dépendent des chapelles</span> — <span class="en">parish church of a large primeval parish, baptismal church to which chapels are subordinated</span>.<br><b>4.</b> mater ecclesia: <span class="fr">église ayant les pleins droits paroissiaux, sans rapport à des églises ou des chapelles dépendantes</span> — <span class="en">any church having full parochial competence, irrespective of subordinate churches or chapels</span>.
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