matronismn.
/ˈmeɪtrənɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈmeɪtrənɪzəm/ rare. † 2. Guardianship by a matron. Obsolete.
1. = matronhood n.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married woman > [noun] > quality
matronism1606
matronliness1852
1606 W. Birnie Blame of Kirk-buriall Ded. sig. B2v Your Mother,..the mirrour of all godly graue matronisme.
1854 M. A. Power in Keepsake 84 To a lad of my age, the idea of a woman of thirty was connected with nothing but associations of far-advanced old maidenhood or very ripe matronism.
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > guardianship of minor or incapable person > by a matron
matronage1771
matronism1815
1815 Zeluca I. 95 I know that in this age female matronism is as serviceable as paternal vigilance can be to daughters.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1606- to surgery
- to surrender to one's bail
- to suspend disbelief
- to suspend payment
- to sustain nature
- to swag it
- to swage of
- to swallow a dic
- to swallow a gudgeon
- to swallow a spider
- to swallow a tavern-token
- to swallow a taverntoken
- to swallow one's spittle
- to swallow the anchor
- to swallow the dic
- to swallow up
- to swap to death, of live
- to swap to the death, of live
- to swarm full of
- to swarm in
- to swarm with
- to sway it
- to sway on all top ropes
- to sway the sceptre, the sword
- to sway the sceptre, the sword also