Usually means: Societies led primarily by women.
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  1. matriarchies: Merriam-Webster
  2. matriarchies: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. matriarchies: Collins English Dictionary
  4. matriarchies: Vocabulary.com
  5. matriarchies: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. matriarchies: Wiktionary
  7. matriarchies: Dictionary.com
  8. matriarchies: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Matriarchies: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. matriarchies: TheFreeDictionary.com

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(Note: See matriarchy as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (matriarchy)

noun:  A social system in which the mother is head of household, having authority over men and children, and lineage is traced through the female line.
noun:  A system of government by females (particularly as a kind of polity).
noun:  The dominance of women in social or cultural systems.
▸ Also see matriarchy


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