Matronism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    matronhood archaic, uncountable

    "To a lad of my age, the idea of a woman of thirty was connected with nothing but associations of far-advanced old maidenhood or very ripe matronism […]"

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"To a lad of my age, the idea of a woman of thirty was connected with nothing but associations of far-advanced old maidenhood or very ripe matronism […]"

Etymology

From matron + -ism.

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