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matriarchate
[ mey-tree-ahr-kit, -keyt ]
noun
- a matriarchal system or community.
- a social order formerly believed to have preceded patriarchal tribal society in the early period of human communal life, embodying rule by the mothers, or by all adult women.
matriarchate
/ -keɪt; ˈmeɪtrɪˌɑːkɪt /
noun
- rare.a family or people under female domination or government
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Word History and Origins
Origin of matriarchate1
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Example Sentences
Another myth depicts the fall of the matriarchate in the following manner: During the rule of Cecrops, a double miracle occurred.
Thus the matriarchate was evolved that for a long time constituted the foundation of family relations and inheritance.
We have already shown that this right of the first night was a custom which had its origin in the time of the matriarchate.
Even in modern Germany remnants of the matriarchate survive.
The matriarchate disappeared and the patriarchate took its place.
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