metrocracy
(miːˈtrɒkrəsɪ)
[f. Gr. µητρ-, µήτηρ mother + -ocracy.]
= matriarchy.
| 1891 E. Westermarck Hist. Hum. Marriage (1894) 98 North America which is acknowledged..to have been one of the chief centres of ‘mother-right’, or metrocracy. |
metrocracy
(miːˈtrɒkrəsɪ)
[f. Gr. µητρ-, µήτηρ mother + -ocracy.]
= matriarchy.
| 1891 E. Westermarck Hist. Hum. Marriage (1894) 98 North America which is acknowledged..to have been one of the chief centres of ‘mother-right’, or metrocracy. |
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