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Definition of: matriarchy
(mā′trē·är′kē) noun plural ·chies
A social organization having the mother as the head of the family, in which descent, kinship, and succession are reckoned through the mother, instead of the father; also, government by women.
—ma′tri·ar′chic adjective
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