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Headship

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The position of a head or chief. countable, uncountable

    "And if you say that this enslavement of Woman has nothing to do with religion[…]then listen to the Vicar of Crantock, preaching at St. Crantock's, London, Aug. 27th, 1905, and explaining why women must cover their heads in church: […] (7) The headship of man and woman. The head of every man is Christ, but the head of the woman is man."

  2. 2
    the position of head wordnet
  3. 3
    The position of a headmaster or headmistress. British, countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    the position of headmaster or headmistress wordnet
  5. 5
    Authority or dignity. archaic, countable, uncountable

Etymology

From head + -ship. Piecewise doublet of chiefship.

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