Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The position or office of a head or leader; primacy or command.
- noun Chiefly British The position of a headmaster or headmistress.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or position of being a head or chief; head or chief place; hence, authority; rule; government.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Authority or dignity; chief place.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The position of a
head orchief - noun UK The position of a
headmaster orheadmistress - noun archaic
authority ordignity
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the position of headmaster or headmistress
- noun the position of head
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Examples
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He did not question the right of His Father to function as His head, nor did He attempt to redefine the notion of headship and submission through a "careful exegesis."
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That man is created first is seen as the first establishment of male headship, which is then further upheld and its application revealed.
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That man is created first is seen as the first establishment of male headship, which is then further upheld and its application revealed.
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Many right-wing evangelicals in non-denominational churches often preach the "headship" of men and refuse to allow women pastors.
Maureen Fiedler: Women As Religious Leaders: Breaking Through the Stained Glass Ceiling Maureen Fiedler 2010
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Many right-wing evangelicals in non-denominational churches often preach the "headship" of men and refuse to allow women pastors.
Maureen Fiedler: Women As Religious Leaders: Breaking Through the Stained Glass Ceiling Maureen Fiedler 2010
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Many right-wing evangelicals in non-denominational churches often preach the "headship" of men and refuse to allow women pastors.
Maureen Fiedler: Women As Religious Leaders: Breaking Through the Stained Glass Ceiling Maureen Fiedler 2010
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What is also interesting is that it has been pointed out by Welch that the Second Adam headship which is explained by Cyril is Eucharistic.
Archive 2007-05-01 2007
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What is also interesting is that it has been pointed out by Welch that the Second Adam headship which is explained by Cyril is Eucharistic.
Cyril of Alexandria: A Source for Andrewes' Eucharistic Christology 2007
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Using slogans like "traditional values," U.S. fundamentalists stress the "headship" of the father in a punitive family where women and children are subordinate to the will of the father the kind of family that prepares people to defer to "strong" leaders who brook no dissent and use force to impose their will.
The Political Importance of 'Family Values': An Interview with Riane Eisler (First Round) 2006
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But it is an inferior who vows obedience, it is the inferior who loses legal rights, it is the inferior who yields to another the "headship" of the home.
The Nervous Housewife Abraham Myerson 1914
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