Motherdom

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The world, sphere, or unity of mothers; mothers collectively. uncountable

    "Lastly, religion is represented as fostering the cause of women, chiefly through its mysteries assigning a divine character, as it were, to motherdom as compared with fatherdom."

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"Lastly, religion is represented as fostering the cause of women, chiefly through its mysteries assigning a divine character, as it were, to motherdom as compared with fatherdom."

Etymology

From mother + -dom.

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