headship

[hed-ship]

noun

1. the position of head or chief; chief authority; leadership; supremacy.

headship

/ ˈhɛdʃɪp /

noun

1. the position or state of being a leader; command; leadership

2. education the position of headmaster or headmistress of a school

Word History and Origins

Origin of headship¹

First recorded in 1575–85; head + -ship

Example Sentences

"I believe submission is, like, the highest form of beauty for a woman," Reitsma said in a video defending the fundamentalist teaching of male headship over women.

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This is a party captured by the Christian right, after all, which is organized largely around a belief in male "headship" over women.

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She said before becoming head teacher at Kitchener she was turned down for a few headship roles.

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“Marriage can be a partnership of equals. You would’ve thought a bomb went off. ... Male headship is God’s will, they repeated. Women who were intelligent.”

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“Fundamentally, it comes down to the headship of Christ over his church and not wanting to surrender that to Caesar,” Mr. Coates said.

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