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matriarchate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun matriarchate has 1 sense
- matriarchate(n = noun.group) matriarchy - a form of social organization in which a female is the family head and title is traced through the female line; Array is a kind of social organisation, social organization, social structure, social system, structure
CIDE DICTIONARY
matriarchate, n.
The office or jurisdiction of a matriarch; a matriarchal form of government. [1913 Webster]
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