(1) She shines as the materfamilias who has passed her navel-gazing tendencies to her daughters.(2) It focuses on the relationship between materfamilias Diane and her daughter Love (herself a new mother), two strong-willed, articulate women, whose bond is strong but fraught with conflict.(3) The restaurant, whose kitchen is presided over by a distinguished-looking materfamilias , is one of those too-rare places where I order with confidence, knowing I will seldom be disappointed.(4) The debut album's lead single is a guitar-driven sing along that recalls the flamboyant heyday of Elton John as it charts a champagne fueled evening out on the town with the materfamilias .(5) On visiting the Ancestral Perch last weekend, the pending ethics upgrade of our electricity was discussed with the materfamilias .