matriarchy

n.

女性统治的社会组织形态，母权制，母系氏族制；

复数：matriarchies

1. The interpretation of matriarchy and patriarchy is pertinent to our interpretation of history and to the prospect of human future.
   对母系制与父权制的解释，关系到我们对整个历史的解释以及对人类未来的期望。
2. That is due to the matriarchy of its society.
   那是因为他们仍然是母系社会。

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Re-inventing Africa: matriarchy, religion and culture.
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Black Atlantic Religion: Tradition, Transnationalism, and Matriarchy in the Afro-Brazilian Candomble
Black Atlantic Religion: Tradition, Transnationalism, and Matriarchy in the Afro‐Brazilian Candomblé– By J. Lorand Matory
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