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   Ma·ter·fa·mil·i·as

   /ˌmādərfəˈmilēəs/

   

   noun

   • 1. the female head of a family or household.

   Word Origin Latin, from mater ‘mother’ + familias, old genitive form of familia ‘family’.

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   What does materfamilias mean?

   • By clicking "Sign Up", you are accepting Dictionary.com Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policies. Materfamilias definition: the mother of a family.. See examples of MATERFAMILIAS used in a sentence.

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   What is the importance of materfamilias?

   • the mother of a family. The door opened at last, and Paterfamilias entered with Materfamilias (whose headache was better), and followed by the candles. Its chief importance is the prominence given to the materfamilias. Materfamilias complacently remarks on the manifest superiority of the article they have purchased, to "that red rubbish."

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   What is a mater Familia?

   • In this abstract legal construction, the pater familias and mater familias form the matrimonium iustum from which legitimate citizen offspring are born in the potestas of the pater. As is essential to remember that the context is an extremely rare legal formula.

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   • "His name was fitting, you know. 'Familia,' which translates to family. He was a family man," said Anthony Ortiz, a family friend whose brothers went through the police academy with Familia.

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   Materfamilias definition: the mother of a family.. See examples of MATERFAMILIAS used in a sentence.

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   5 days ago · materfamilias. Other forms: materfamiliases. Definitions of materfamilias. noun. a female head of a family or tribe. synonyms: matriarch. see more.

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   Aug 22, 2023 · materfamilias (plural materfamiliases or matresfamilias) The female head of a household.

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   noun. ma· ter· fa· mil· i· as ˌmā-tər-fə-ˈmi-lē-əs. ˌmä- Synonyms of materfamilias. : a woman who is head of a household. Examples of materfamilias in a Sentence.

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   n. A woman who is the head of a household or the mother of a family. [Latin māterfamiliās : māter, mother; see mater + familiās, archaic genitive of familia, household; see family .] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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   What does the noun materfamilias mean? There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun materfamilias . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

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   Materfamilias. Roman women usually married in their early teenage years, while men waited until they were in their mid-twenties. As a result, the materfamilias (mother of the family) was...