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View synonyms for superintendency
superintendency
[ soo-per-in-ten-duhn-see, soo-prin- ]
noun
, plural su·per·in·tend·en·cies.
- a district or place under a superintendent.
- the position or work of a superintendent.
- Also super·in·tendence. the act or process of superintending; direction; supervision; oversight.
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Other Words From
- presu·per·in·tendence noun
- presu·per·in·tenden·cy noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of superintendency1
1590–1600; < Medieval Latin superintendentia, equivalent to superintend ( ere ) to superintend + -entia -ency
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Example Sentences
The Jhansi state and the Jalaun and Chanderi districts were then formed into a superintendency.
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The development of the department under the superintendency of William H. Maxwell has been along thoroughly modern lines.
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Judge G. Mott, another special agent, who had been dispatched to examine Nesmiths superintendency, did the same.
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But how if the superintendency can't be had without the colonelcy?
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No change has been made in the superintendency, and a new impetus has been given to this work since it has been made a department.
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