matriarchal vs patriarchal

matriarchal

adj
  • Governed by females, rather than by males. 

  • Governed by (or as if by) a matriarch. 

patriarchal

adj
  • Relating to a system run by males, rather than females; relating to a patriarchy. 

  • Characteristic of a patriarch; venerable. 

How often have the words matriarchal and patriarchal occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )