What is the meaning of Mothering?

  • (n.) A rural custom in England, of visiting one's parents on Midlent Sunday, -- supposed to have been originally visiting the mother church to make offerings at the high altar.
  • (p.pr.&vb.n.) of Mother.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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