Matriarchy is defined as a system of society or government ruled by a woman or women. They were most prevalent in Roman times but not so much in today's cultures.
rule by mother
To some women, a matriarchy seems like the ideal.
The word 'matriarchy' is a noun, a word for a family, community, or society that is ruled by women; a form of social organization in which descent and relationship are reckoned through the female line; a word for a thing.A noun functions as the subject of a sentence or a clause, and as the object of a verb or a preposition.Example sentences:A matriarchy as a political system is often debated by scholars. (subject of the sentence)My mother ran the household as a matriarchy. (object of the preposition 'as')
When the king died without any sons, the Queen ruled a country that was now a matriarchy.
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Famillies are led primarly by the mother.
Fuedality a matriarchy
A matriarchy.
Albert William Aron has written: 'Traces of matriarchy in Germanic hero-lore' -- subject(s): Folklore, Matriarchy
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