(feminism) The fear of becoming like one's mother.

plural of matron of honor

Alternative form of matroneum

plural of matronaeum

plural of matroneum

(architecture) A gallery on the interior of a building, originally intended to accommodate women.

plural of jury of matrons

(historical) A jury of women impanelled to try a question of pregnancy, as where a widow alleges herself to be with child by her late husband, or a woman sentenced to death, to stay execution, pleads that she is with child.

plural of matron of honour

(dated) A married or widowed woman who acts as the primary attendant on the bride at a wedding.