单词 | matriarchy |
释义 | matriarchy /may"tree ahr'kee/, n. , pl. matriarchies. 1. a family, society, community, or state governed by women. 2. a form of social organization in which the mother is head of the family, and in which descent is reckoned in the female line, the children belonging to the mother's clan; matriarchal system. [1880-85; MATRI- + -ARCHY] |
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