When do you call a society matriarchal?

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When do you call a society matriarchal?

A kin is matriarchal under two main conditions:

- The children live with their mother's

clan; husbands live with their wife's clan, as long as they are married. If the marriage ends, the husband moves back to his motherclan (

matrilocal).
- Inheritage and line of descent is female (

matrilocal + matrilineal = matriarchal

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Other expressions use by scholars (mainly 19th century) for matriarchal societies are:

Terms introduced in the second half of the 20th century