| ID |
SIG. |
| matrix | the surroundings within which something begins or develops |
| matriarchy | a society ruled or controlled by women |
| matriculate | to register as a student at a college or university |
| patriarch | 1.the male head of a family or tribe
2. An Old Testament ancestor
3. A founding father or wise man |
| patrimony
| a family inheritance |
| patronage | 1. support; encouragement
2. business clientèle; customers |
| patronize | 1. to go to regularly
2. to treat someone as an inferior
|
| patronymic | name derived from a paternal ancestor |
| fraternal | pertaining to brothers; brotherly |
| fraternize | 1. to be friendly with
2. to socialize with an enemy population
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| avuncular | like an uncle |
| familial | having to do with the family |
| uxorious | dominated by one's wife |
| bigamy | marriage to two mates |
| monogamy | marriage to a single mate |
