Matriarchate

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Matriarchate \Ma"tri*ar"chate\, n.
     The office or jurisdiction of a matriarch; a matriarchal form
     of government.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  matriarchate
       n : a form of social organization in which a female is the
           family head and title is traced through the female line
           [syn: {matriarchy}]