headship
Americannoun
noun
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the position or state of being a leader; command; leadership
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education the position of headmaster or headmistress of a school
Etymology
Origin of headship
Example Sentences
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The Excellence in Headship programme aims to help school leaders "improve critical self-awareness, leadership of learning, lead system change and organisational effectiveness".
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2017
Headship is "associated with high levels of stress and workload", the report says, while schools in isolated or economically deprived areas find it particularly hard to recruit heads.
From BBC • Jan. 26, 2016
“Ashamed, Your Headship, sir. Doesn’t want to be seen. She’s a horrible mess. Saw her running through the landscape up on the fourth floor, sir, dodging between the trees. Crying something dreadful,” he said happily.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
His speech was repeatedly interrupted by cries that he should reconsider his decision and accept then and there the Headship of the State.
From The Tragedies of the Medici by Staley, Edgcumbe
Encouraged by the Clementine coterie in Rome, the members of which had from the first opposed Cosimo's succession to the Headship of the Republic, they made the Florentine Court a hot-bed of intrigue and strife.
From The Tragedies of the Medici by Staley, Edgcumbe
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