matriarchate
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.
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How to use matriarchate in a sentence
Another myth depicts the fall of the matriarchate in the following manner: During the rule of Cecrops, a double miracle occurred.
Woman and Socialism | August BebelThus the matriarchate was evolved that for a long time constituted the foundation of family relations and inheritance.
Woman and Socialism | August BebelWe have already shown that this right of the first night was a custom which had its origin in the time of the matriarchate.
Woman and Socialism | August BebelEven in modern Germany remnants of the matriarchate survive.
Woman and Socialism | August BebelThe matriarchate disappeared and the patriarchate took its place.
Woman and Socialism | August Bebel
British Dictionary definitions for matriarchate
/ (ˈmeɪtrɪˌɑːkɪt, -keɪt) /
rare a family or people under female domination or government
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