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matripotestal

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mat⋅ri⋅po⋅tes⋅tal

  [ma-tree-poh-tes-tl, mey-]
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–adjective Anthropology.
of or pertaining to the authority exercised by a mother or a mother's blood relatives.
Origin:
matri- + potestal < L potest(ās) power + -al 1
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