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matronage|ˈmeɪtrənɪdʒ|
[f. prec. + -age.]
1. A body of matrons; matrons collectively.
1771E. Griffith Hist. Lady Barton II. 56 Some sort of foundation, under the government of a respectable matronage..would certainly be an institution most devoutly to be wished for. 1796Burke Regic. Peace i. Wks. VIII. 192 His exemplary Queen, at the head of the matronage of this land. 1825Scott Betrothed xi, The Lady of Hugh de Lacy will be one of the foremost among the matronage of England. 1860Hook Lives Abps. (1868) I. iii. 477 The matronage of England rose up in chaste indignation.
2. Guardianship by a matron.
1771E. Griffith Hist. Lady Barton II. 270, I was under the matronage of my aunt Marriot. 1774Westm. Mag. II. 257 He should be able finally to place her under the safe matronage of his dear wife. 1798C. Smith Yng. Philos. III. 175 If you had thought proper to have transmitted your daughter to the protective matronage of your truly estimable mother. 1878Tinsley's Mag. XXIII. 94 A species of..picnic, under the matronage of the volatile Rosamund. 1878J. Grant Ld. Hermitage 249 She..had only done so..under the matronage of the housekeeper.
3. The state or condition of being a matron.
1870Lowell Study Wind. (1886) 165 Underscorings in young ladies' letters [are] a wonder..to themselves under the colder north-light of matronage. 1884F. F. Miller Ht. Martineau 52 Matronage is a profession in itself. |