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 Headship over the Church is real in every age.
From The Ordinance of Covenanting by Cunningham, John
And it was provided that the essential unity of “The Kingdom of Heaven” should be maintained through the Headship of the one King over all.
From The Kingdom of Heaven; What is it? by Burbidge, Edward
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