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matriarchial

matriarchial adjective: characteristic of or pertaining to a matriarchy.

Adjective

matriarchial (comparative more matriarchial, superlative most matriarchial)

  1. Characteristic of or pertaining to a matriarchy.

Forms of matriarchial

comparativemore matriarchial
superlativemost matriarchial

Origin of matriarchial

From matriarchy + -al.

Questions about matriarchial

What does matriarchial mean?
Matriarchial means characteristic of or pertaining to a matriarchy.
What part of speech is matriarchial?
Matriarchial is an adjective.

Words near matriarchial in the dictionary

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

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