transcription, транскрипция: [ meɪtriɑ:(r)k(ə)l ]
1.
A matriarchal society, family, or system is one in which the rulers are female and power or property is passed from mother to daughter.
...the 3,000 years of the matriarchal Sumerian society.
≠ patriarchal
ADJ
2.
If you describe a woman as matriarchal , you mean that she has authority and power within her family or group.
...the matriarchal figure of his grandmother.
ADJ : usu ADJ n