superintendency
noun
a district or place under a superintendent.
superintendencies
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pluralof superintendency.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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From Time Magazine Archive
In 1888, however, the state superintendency was abolished, and county superintendencies were created instead, the legislature thus returning, in a measure, to the old system of local control.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various
"Higher position in the public school service" meant, in the main, in the early days, city superintendencies and high school principalships.
From On the Firing Line in Education by Adoniram Judson Ladd
The bare repairs and superintendencies of all which call for the remaining part of his income.
From ?sop's Fables, Embellished with One Hundred and Eleven Emblematical Devices. by ?sop
At the same time that the Tsung-li Yamên was created, two important offices were established in the provinces for dealing with foreign commercial questions, viz. the superintendencies of trade for the northern and southern ports.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various
