intendency

[in-ten-duhn-see]

noun

plural

intendencies 

1. intendancy.

Example Sentences

During the night of the 28th September 1759, a district of three or four square miles, situated in the Intendency of Valladolid, in Mexico, was raised up, like an inflated bladder.

From Project Gutenberg

On the next night they reached Montreal and were lodged at the intendency, the official residence of the hospitable Bigot.

From Project Gutenberg