MATRIARCHY in a Sentence

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Thus to the young Sappho spake the melon-venders; thus the captains to Zenobia; and in the damp cave over gnawed bones the hairy suitor thus ...

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 Meanings and Examples of MATRIARCHY
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matriarchy
 n.  a form of social organization in which a female is the family head and title is traced through the female line
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1  Thus to the young Sappho spake the melon-venders; thus the captains to Zenobia; and in the damp cave over gnawed bones the hairy suitor thus protested to the woman advocate of matriarchy.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
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