母ぼ系けい制せい

noun

matriarchy; matrilineal system

Refers to a social system where descent and inheritance are traced through the female line, or where women hold primary power. Often used in anthropological or historical contexts.

• その部ぶ族ぞくは母ぼ系けい制せいをとっている。

  That tribe has a matrilineal system.

• 母ぼ系けい制せい社しゃ会かいでは、財ざい産さんは母ははから娘むすめへと受うけ継つがれる。

  In a matrilineal society, property is passed from mother to daughter.