intendancy
Americannoun
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the office or function of an intendant.
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a body of intendants.
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Also a district under the charge of an intendant.
noun
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the position or work of an intendant
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intendants collectively
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history the district or area administered by an intendant
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of intendancy
First recorded in 1590–1600; intend(ant) + -ancy
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This centralization of administration under the intendancy system brought with it industrial and economic development, and new material prosperity for peninsulares and creole landowners and merchants.
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Under the intendancy system, what did the Bourbon kings in Spain do?
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Their desire for participation added to the creoles’ anger over the creation of the intendancy system.
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What were the four geographical regions within Spain’s intendancy system in the 1700s?
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The intendancy took charge of the administration of the estate of the two communities, the mortmain was canceled, and the transfer duly legalized.
From The History of Puerto Rico From the Spanish Discovery to the American Occupation by Van Middeldyk, R. A. (Rudolph Adams)
The ancient and confusing "provinces," "governments," "intendancies," "pays d'état" "pays d'élection" "parlements," and "bailliages" were swept away.
From A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. by Hayes, Carlton J. H.
Held offices in the intendancies of Bordeaux and Lyons, and intendant of Hainant from 1661 to 1663.
From The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various
The intendancies.—The primary purpose of the intendancies was to provide for the fiscal administration.
From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene
At that time Gálvez favored eleven intendancies, dependent on the viceroy as superintendent general of revenues.
From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene
The Spanish dominions were divided into viceroyalties and subdivided into captaincies general, presidencies, and intendancies.
From Hispanic Nations of the New World; a chronicle of our southern neighbors by Shepherd, William R. (William Robert)
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