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adj. Governed by (or as if by) a matriarch

adj. Governed by females, rather than by males.

adj. Of or pertaining to a matriarch; governed by a matriarch or matriarchs.

Of or pertaining to a matriarch or to matriarchy; relating to the superior importance of mothers (in certain respects, as the reckoning of descent) in a family, clan, or tribe; characterized by matriarchy.

adj. characteristic of a matriarchy

"However, unless the viewer knows those stories already, they can only be guessed at; for these are explosive painterly meditations on the idea of matriarchal power (with only the occasional Hebrew name to anchor them more precisely) rather than explicit descriptions of historical figures."

matricentric    matriarchic   

patriarchal    sparkle   

agriculture-based    male-dominated    pre-islamic    challengingthe    christianised