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The door opened at last, and Paterfamilias entered with materfamilias (whose headache was better), and followed by the candles.
In the Yule-Log Glow, Book II | VariousIts chief importance is the prominence given to the materfamilias.
The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran | Anonymousmaterfamilias complacently remarks on the manifest superiority of the article they have purchased, to "that red rubbish."
And I, being vain (turn some people out of a room and you don't humble them properly), retort with—'materfamilias!'
The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II | Elizabeth Barrett BrowningBeyond doubt the position of the Roman materfamilias was a much more dignified one than that of the Greek wife.
The Historical Child | Oscar Chrisman
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