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The door opened at last, and Paterfamilias entered with Materfamilias (whose headache was better), and followed by the candles.
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Its chief importance is the prominence given to the materfamilias.
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Materfamilias complacently remarks on the manifest superiority of the article they have purchased, to "that red rubbish."
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And I, being vain (turn some people out of a room and you don't humble them properly), retort with—'materfamilias!'
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Beyond doubt the position of the Roman materfamilias was a much more dignified one than that of the Greek wife.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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