Unfortunately it was seldom that it was found compatible with the old Roman ideal of the materfamilias and her duties.
Beyond doubt the position of the Roman materfamilias was a much more dignified one than that of the Greek wife.
We may even go so far as to say that the new materfamilias was in some sort a priestess of the household, and that she must undergo a solemn initiation before assuming that position.
When the new materfamilias presented her husband with a child, there was another perilous moment; the infant, if accepted by the father (sublatus, i.
The door opened at last, and Paterfamilias entered with Materfamilias (whose headache was better), and followed by the candles.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "materfamilias" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: dam; mammy; mother; mummy; parent; stepmother
