- matripotestal
- \\|ma.trē, |mā.+\ adjective
Etymology: matr- + potestal: of, relating to, or being the power exercised by a matriarch or her blood relatives
matripotestal authority
— contrasted with patripotestal* * *
/ma'tree poh tes"tl, may'-/, adj. Anthropol.of or pertaining to the authority exercised by a mother or a mother's blood relatives.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.