materfamilias

In the first case, the wife became a materfamilias while in the second she was simply an uxor.

The door opened at last, and Paterfamilias entered with Materfamilias (whose headache was better), and followed by the candles.

"The first time we ever travelled second-class in our lives," murmured Materfamilias.

There is nothing to tell the materfamilias; and yet, at her first attempt, she fills the honey-pot to the requisite depth.