different between matrimony vs matriarch

English

Etymology

From Old French matremoine, from Latin m?trim?nium (“marriage, wedlock”), from m?ter (“mother”) +? -m?nium (“obligation”). Also matri- +? -mony. Compare patrimony

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?mat??m?ni/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?mæt??mo?ni/
• Hyphenation: mat?ri?mo?ny

Noun

matrimony (countable and uncountable, plural matrimonies)

1. (uncountable) Marriage; the state of being married.
   • Book of Common Prayer

     If either of you know any impediment, why ye may not be lawfully joined together in matrimony, ye do now confess it.

2. (countable) The ceremony of marriage.
3. (uncountable) A particular solitaire card game using two decks of cards.

Synonyms

• (state of being married): marriage, wedlock

Related terms

• See Related terms of mother

Derived terms

• matrimony vine

Translations

Further reading

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “matrimony”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

See also

• wedding

English

Etymology

Of Latin origin, via or reinforced by Old French matriarche, from Latin m?ter (“mother”) + -archa, -arches, from Ancient Greek -????? (-árkh?s), from ????? (arkhós, “chief”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h?erg?- (“to begin, rule, command”). Surface analysis matri- +? -arch.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?me?t?????k/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?me?t(?)?i??k/

Noun

matriarch (plural matriarchs)

1. A female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group.
   1. The dominant female in a family group of elephants
2. A female founder of a political or religious movement, an organization or an enterprise.

Synonyms

• materfamilias

Antonyms

• highfather
• paterfamilias
• patriarch

Related terms

Translations

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

matriarch f (plural matriarchen, diminutive matriarchje n, masculine patriarch)

1. matriarch

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