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matriarchate

noun
/ˈmeɪtɹiɑːkət/UK

Etymology

From matriarch + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, a system ruled by people of such office), modeled after patriarchate.

  1. derived from *h₂ergʰ-✻
  2. derived from -άρχης
  3. derived from māter
  4. derived from matriarche
  5. formed as matriarchate — “matriarch + -ate”

Definitions

  1. A matriarchal system or community.

    • Like Byron's seraglio, the boudoir is a matriarchate guarded by eunuchs […].

  2. The position of a matriarch.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA