matriarchate

[ mey-tree-ahr-kit, -keyt ]

/ ˈmeɪ triˌɑr kɪt, -keɪt /

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.

Origin of matriarchate

First recorded in 1880–85; matriarch + -ate³

Words nearby matriarchate

matr-, matralia, matrass, matri-, matriarch, matriarchate, matriarchy, matric, matrical, matrices, matricide

Example sentences from the Web for matriarchate

During the Matriarchate all life was regarded as holy; even the sacrifice of animals was unknown.

Woman, Church & State |Matilda Joslyn Gage
The ship, or ark, is peculiarly significative of the feminine principle, and wherever found is a reminiscence of the Matriarchate.

Woman, Church & State |Matilda Joslyn Gage
A form of society existed at an early age known as the Matriarchate or Mother-rule.

Woman, Church & State |Matilda Joslyn Gage
We 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 Bebel

Thus the matriarchate was evolved that for a long time constituted the foundation of family relations and inheritance.

Woman and Socialism |August Bebel

British Dictionary definitions for matriarchate

matriarchate

/ (ˈmeɪtrɪˌɑːkɪt, -keɪt) /

noun

rare a family or people under female domination or government

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