headship

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headship

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From head + -ship. Piecewise doublet of chiefship.

noun headships

countable, uncountable The position of a head or chief. 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 Chris
UK, countable, uncountable The position of a headmaster or headmistress.
Similar: headmastership
archaic, countable, uncountable Authority or dignity.

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@misc{headship_2026,
  title = {headship},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/headship},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}