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View synonyms for materfamilias
materfamilias
[ mey-ter-fuh-mil-ee-uhs ]
noun
- the mother of a family.
materfamilias
/ ˌmeɪtəfəˈmɪlɪˌæs /
noun
- the mother of a family or the female head of a family
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Word History and Origins
Origin of materfamilias1
First recorded in 1750–60; from Latin; paterfamilias
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Word History and Origins
Origin of materfamilias1
C18: from Latin
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Example Sentences
The door opened at last, and Paterfamilias entered with Materfamilias (whose headache was better), and followed by the candles.
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Its chief importance is the prominence given to the materfamilias.
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Materfamilias complacently remarks on the manifest superiority of the article they have purchased, to "that red rubbish."
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And I, being vain (turn some people out of a room and you don't humble them properly), retort with—'materfamilias!'
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Beyond doubt the position of the Roman materfamilias was a much more dignified one than that of the Greek wife.
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