AMatica orMatice orMatitsa orMatka is aSlavic concept of afoundation which promotes national culture and gained prominence during the 19th-centuryromantic nationalism.[1]
The Slavic words “matica”, “matice” or “matka” have the same etymological origin as Old French “matrice” or Latin “mātrīx” and are synonymous with them; in this context, the meaning is similar to the use of the term“matrice” in Christianity.
The matica structure has been particularly used among theWest Slavic peoples andSouth Slavic peoples:
The term has additionally been used to refer to:
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