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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
matrilocal

1897, from matri- + local.

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matrilocal

a. 1 (context of a married couple English) living with the family of the wife; uxorilocal. 2 (context anthropology of a people of culture English) In which newly married couples live with the female's family.

Usage examples of "matrilocal".

Mother Nature and what anthropologists call matrilocal culture, to patriarchy- control and ownership by males.