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matriarchate|meɪtrɪˈɑːkət|
[f. matriarch + -ate, after G. matriarchat.]
A matriarchal community or system. Also attrib.
1885Redhouse in Jrnl. Roy. Asiatic Soc. Gt. Brit. Apr. 276 It does not even attempt to prove..that a matriarchate system was ever in existence among the Arabians. 1894H. Drummond Ascent of Man 401 Bachoven has familiarized us with the idea of a Matriarchate, or Maternal Family. |