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intendancy

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in⋅tend⋅an⋅cy

  [in-ten-duhn-see]
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–noun, plural -cies.
1. the office or function of an intendant.
2. a body of intendants.
3. Also, intendency. a district under the charge of an intendant.
Origin:
1590–1600; intend(ant) + -ancy
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in·ten·dan·cy   (ĭn-těn'dən-sē)   
n.   pl. in·ten·dan·cies

  1. The position or function of an intendant.

  2. Intendants considered as a group.

  3. The district supervised by an intendant, as in Latin America.

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