headship

[ hed-ship ]

/ ˈhɛd ʃɪp /

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

Origin of headship

First recorded in 1575–85; head + -ship

It is in virtue of this headship that the whole mystical body is one, and "we all members one of another."

St. Peter, His Name and His Office |Thomas W. Allies
There was no will at issue with the small group of united wills whose place was at the headship of the army.

A General Sketch of the European War |Hilaire Belloc
So early was the doctrine of the Headship maintained by the Church of Scotland.

Hugh Miller |William Keith Leask
Growing old, he has delegated his headship to his son Amfortas.

The Opera |R.A. Streatfeild

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

The Private Life of the Romans |Harold Whetstone Johnston

headship

/ (ˈhɛdʃɪp) /

the position or state of being a leader; command; leadership

education, British the position of headmaster or headmistress of a school