what is the latin translation of 'holy mother church'?

Question

I need the translation or something that means close to it..

Answer 1

The exact translation is

Sancta Mater Ecclesia.

There is a Papal Encyclical which employs this traditional Roman Catholic expression as its title. As you probably know, papal encyclicals are named after the first few words in the text itself. This encyclical begins with "now when Holy Mother Church," and is thus entitled "C um Sancta Mater Ecclesia."

Answer 2

Mother and church are both nouns, it is not customary use them together in this manner. I'm not sure of the precise word for church, as there are several. "Holy mother church" would be as follows: Sancta mater basilica. It is not good Latin, however, as the two nouns would not be used this way. I assume you mean "mother church" as a unit, like we say fatherland or mother tongue, but there is no equivalent in the Latin.

Answer 3

The literal translation could be: "la Santa madre de la iglesia" o "madre santisima de la iglesia".
It is how I would call it in Argentina!
I hope it helps

Answer 4

Can you give more details?

Answer 5

it depends...