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Headship is an English word with synonyms like position or post. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Headship meaning

  1. The position of a head or chief.
  2. The position of a headmaster or headmistress.
  3. Authority or dignity.

Using Headship

  • The main meaning on this page is: The position of a head or chief. | The position of a headmaster or headmistress. | Authority or dignity.
  • Useful related words include: position, post, berth, office.
  • In the example corpus, headship often appears in combinations such as: headship of, his headship, the headship.

Context around Headship

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 6 start, 8 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Headship

  • In this selection, "headship" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, male, humble and eguavoens stand out and add context to how "headship" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include adam s headship over eve and and male headship the idea. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "headship" sits close to words such as aaditya, aardman and abbo, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with headship

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Speech Day and Open Day were first held during Iles's headship. (12 words)

In 1850 he resigned his headship of the Teachers' Seminary, and was awarded a pension. (15 words)

Nicole's journey to Headship was inspired by her Year 6 teacher at Seymour Park, Cia Vinton. (17 words)

A constant reminder to your wife that you’re the head: The way some men constantly announce their ‘headship’ of the family, you would think that the title has an effect on the price of garri in the market. (39 words)

Accessed 11 May 2009 There is considerable debate among many Christians today—not just Protestants—whether equality of husband and wife or male headship is the biblically ordained view, and even if it is biblically permissible. (36 words)

Rotating the headship would have meant paying for the post, providing a suitable office and home, staff, international travel, security and countless other amenities that now come with no invoice from the British Royal family. (35 words)

Example sentences (19)

This view's core beliefs call for a "husband’s loving, humble headship" and "the wife’s intelligent, willing submission" to his headship.

And I just did a quick reflection on when this nonsense started lo and behold it’s been just under Austin Eguavoens headship of the Technical department of the NFF.

Nicole's journey to Headship was inspired by her Year 6 teacher at Seymour Park, Cia Vinton.

In 1986, a contest over the district headship of Lere in Lere LGA, when some locals were opposed to the candidature of a Muslim contestant, resulted in renewed violence.

Ofsted sees the new programme as forming part of the development journey of school leaders who are on a trajectory to headship or beyond.

A constant reminder to your wife that you’re the head: The way some men constantly announce their ‘headship’ of the family, you would think that the title has an effect on the price of garri in the market.

It was obvious in the past three years of Saraki’s headship of the Senate that he can do anything to hang on to office.

Rotating the headship would have meant paying for the post, providing a suitable office and home, staff, international travel, security and countless other amenities that now come with no invoice from the British Royal family.

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Some churches emphasize female submissiveness and male “headship,” the idea that men have final authority over women in the church, community and home.

Accessed 11 May 2009 There is considerable debate among many Christians today—not just Protestants—whether equality of husband and wife or male headship is the biblically ordained view, and even if it is biblically permissible.

According to some sources, around 367 he assumed headship of the Academy during Plato's period in Syracuse, and taught Aristotle.

A wife is to submit herself graciously to the servant leadership of her husband even as the church willingly submits to the headship of Christ.

During his headship, the number of classes rose to 31 while the number of students was around 1200.

He apparently passed on the headship of the school to his equally accomplished brother, Yoshioka Denshichirō, who promptly challenged Musashi for revenge.

In 1850 he resigned his headship of the Teachers' Seminary, and was awarded a pension.

Roster of Heads House system The house system was first introduced Mr. Terence Iles during his headship in the 60s.

Speech Day and Open Day were first held during Iles's headship.

The first wife was the head or mother wife; other wives were under her headship if the husband was away.

They say "Adam’s headship over Eve was established at the beginning, before sin entered the world".

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Common combinations with headship

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "headship" in a sentence?
An example: "This view's core beliefs call for a "husband’s loving, humble headship" and "the wife’s intelligent, willing submission" to his headship." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "headship" from authentic English texts.
What does "headship" mean?
Headship means: The position of a head or chief.
What are synonyms of "headship"?
Common synonyms of "headship" include: position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation.
How many example sentences with "headship" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "headship", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.