Definitions for headship

headship head·ship

Spelling: [hed-ship]
IPA: /ˈhɛd ʃɪp/

Headship is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 241 anagrams from letters in headship (adehhips).

Definitions for headship

noun

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

Origin of headship

First recorded in 1575-85; head + -ship

Examples for headship

From the first their eyes were fixed on the headship of the state as their final goal.

In the same way the language testifies to the headship of the father.

Partly this headship was hereditary, not from father to son, but it might be from brother to brother, and so on.

"The headship of a party not even in existence," he murmured.

Hamilton did not have to be urged to take the headship of the Treasury.

So early was the doctrine of the headship maintained by the Church of Scotland.

It was soon clear that he was to be the rival of Athens for the headship of Greece.

As for Thebes and her claim to the headship of Bœotia, her demand was set aside.

Pattison was thirty-eight when he missed the headship of his college.

The headship of a family carries with it heavy responsibilities.

Word Value for headship
Scrable

17

Words with friends

16

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