matriarchate
(meɪtrɪˈɑːkət)
[f. matriarch + -ate, after G. matriarchat.]
A matriarchal community or system. Also attrib.
| 1885 Redhouse in Jrnl. Roy. Asiatic Soc. Gt. Brit. Apr. 276 It does not even attempt to prove..that a matriarchate system was ever in existence among the Arabians. 1894 H. Drummond Ascent of Man 401 Bachoven has familiarized us with the idea of a Matriarchate, or Maternal Family. |