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matriarchates

matriarchates is the plural of matriarchate.

Meaning of matriarchate

Noun

matriarchate (plural matriarchates)

  1. A matriarchal system or community.
    • The fact that in most lands the moon was originally a female deity has led many historians to dispute the superiority of the moon over the sun in ancient mythology. In putting forth this argument they overlook one important and significant factor: the existence of a matriarchate preceding the...1941, George Ryley Scott, Phallic Worship: A History of Sex and Sex Rites in Relation to the Religions of All Races from Antiquity to the Present Day, London: T. Werner Laurie, page 15
  2. The position of a matriarch.

Questions about matriarchates

What is matriarchates the plural of?
Matriarchates is the plural of matriarchate.

Words near matriarchates in the dictionary

  1. matriarch
  2. matriarchal
  3. matriarchalism
  4. matriarchally
  5. matriarchate
  6. matriarchates
  7. matriarchial
  8. matriarchic
  9. matriarchically
  10. matriarchies
  11. matriarchism

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