intendance

[ in-ten-duhns ]

noun

1. an administrative department, especially one in the government system introduced by the French statesman Richelieu during the 17th century, or the officials in charge of it.
2. the official quarters of an intendant.
3. the function of an intendant; superintendence; intendancy.

intendance

/ ɪnˈtɛndəns /

noun

1. any of various public departments, esp in France
2. See superintendence
   a less common word for superintendence See superintendence

Word History and Origins

Origin of intendance¹

From French, dating back to 1730–40; intendant, -ance

Example Sentences

Defects in administration by the Intendance, and general obstructiveness in that branch of the service.

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She found a pretense to call upon Barbaroux, then with his friends at the Intendance.

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He would of preference have stayed in the Intendance had he known that pitfalls and traps were at every footstep.

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Yet at this very time Doltaire was living in the Intendance, and, as he had told Alixe, not without some personal danger.

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She walked lame, and must use a stick, and we issued forth towards the Intendance, Mathilde remaining behind.

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