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Matriarchate

noun
1.
A form of social organization in which a female is the family head and title is traced through the female line.  Synonym: matriarchy.






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... frankly, as no one had had such an opportunity before to speak to Mormon women alone. So I made the most of my privilege. I gave a brief history of the marriage institution in all times and countries, of the matriarchate, when the mother was the head of the family and owned the property and children; of the patriarchate, when man reigned supreme and woman was enslaved; of polyandry, polygamy, monogamy, and prostitution. We had a full and free discussion of every phase of the question, ...
— Eighty Years And More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 • Elizabeth Cady Stanton



Words linked to "Matriarchate" :   social organization, social system, structure, matriarchy, social organisation, social structure



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