Matriarchs and Patriarchs

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Patriarchs is an antonym for matriarchs.

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Matriarchs is an antonym for patriarchs.

The patriarchs/matriarchs of both the wealthy white families and the Colored gentry insist on marriages/relationships based on status and wealth, not love.

Source: Marry for Love
In fact, those families have both matriarchs and patriarchs.

Source: Sliding Scale of Gender Inequality
The Patriarchs and Matriarchs, for example, went through a lot knowing that God's plans relied on them producing the Jewish people, as did Moses' parents in the wake of Pharaoh's decree.

Source: Mandatory Motherhood

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