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Definition of Headship
1. Noun. The position of headmaster or headmistress.
Specialized synonyms: Headmastership, Headmistressship
Geographical relationships: Britain, Great Britain, U.k., Uk, United Kingdom, United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland
Derivative terms: Head
2. Noun. The position of head.
Derivative terms: Head, Head
Definition of Headship
1. n. Authority or dignity; chief place.
Definition of Headship
1. Noun. The position of a head or chief ¹
2. Noun. (British) The position of a headmaster or headmistress ¹
3. Noun. (archaic) authority or dignity ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Headship
1. the position of a leader [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Headship
Literary usage of Headship
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Is Hell Eternal: Or, Will God's Plan Fail? by Charles Hamilton Pridgeon (1920)
"XVI THE headship OF CHRIST VERSUS THE headship OF ADAM THERE has been much said
in theology of the federal or representative headship of Christ, ..."
2. Econometric Model of the Urban Opportunity Structure: Cumulative Causation by George C. Galster (1999)
"As shown, high school dropout, violent crime, and female headship ... Analogously,
an increase of one standard deviation in female headship rates (31.7 ..."
3. International Law: A Treatise by Lassa Oppenheim (1912)
"Change in the headship of States not Cause of ... office does not come to an end
through a change in the headship of the appointing or the admitting ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Although Christ established the perpetual office of supreme head, Scripture does
not tell us that He fixed the law according to which the headship should ..."
5. Readings in European History: A Collection of Extracts from the Sources by James Harvey Robinson (1906)
"... BISHOP OF ROME AND THE headship OF THE CHURCH Leo the Great gives the following
clear statement of the nature and grounds of the pope's claim to be head ..."
6. The Primacy of the Apostolic See Vindicated by Francis Patrick Kenrick (1855)
"It is not difficult to reconcile the headship of Peter with that of Christ. ...
f Who has ever thought of ascribing to Peter headship of ..."
7. Annals of the Disruption: With Extracts from the Narratives of Ministers who by Thomas Brown (1893)
"THE first great service which the Free Church rendered to the cause of true
religion was the testimony which she bore to the sole headship of Christ as King ..."
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