headship
the position of head or chief; chief authority; leadership; supremacy.
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How to use headship in a sentence
On the 4th of July she had conquered for herself the headship of that powerful brotherhood.
Of all objects of human ambition, that headship was best worth struggling for.
History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) | John William DraperIn connection with the headship of St Johns College there existed a rather curious custom.
Rowlandson's Oxford | A. Hamilton Gibbs"Where the McGregor sits," he would affirm, "there is the head of the table," and so he cares nothing about the nominal headship.
A Midsummer Drive Through The Pyrenees | Edwin Asa DixYou must cease in any case to retain the headship of the house, even for the few days of the term that remain.
Tom, Dick and Harry | Talbot Baines Reed
British Dictionary definitions for headship
/ (ˈhɛdʃɪp) /
the position or state of being a leader; command; leadership
education, British the position of headmaster or headmistress of a school
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