| It tells them that the famous materfamilias of American experimental theatre is really a timid, fragile sort of person, and of course they want to please her. |
| On visiting the Ancestral Perch last weekend, the pending ethics upgrade of our electricity was discussed with the materfamilias. |
| Camille served as materfamilias to the group of troubled boys — there were no more than 4 to 6 fighters in residence at any one time — teaching them manners and how to do laundry. |
| She shines as the materfamilias who has passed her navel-gazing tendencies to her daughters. |
| Its chief importance is the prominence given to the materfamilias. |
| In the first case, the wife became a materfamilias while in the second she was simply an uxor. |
