superintendency
Americannoun
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superintendencies
plural
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a district or place under a superintendent.
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the position or work of a superintendent.
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Also superintendence. the act or process of superintending; direction; supervision; oversight.
noun
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the office or jurisdiction of a superintendent
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a district under the jurisdiction of a superintendent
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Etymology
Origin of superintendency
1590–1600; < Medieval Latin superintendentia, equivalent to superintend ( ere ) to superintend + -entia -ency
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Carvalho’s later Form 700s — for the entire period of his superintendency — are nearly blank.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2026
The fundamental work of his superintendency may be taking place largely behind closed doors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2023
Cards accounted for just 2% - equivalent to some $16 million - of the credit portfolio of Venezuelan banks at the end of December 2022, according to the country's banking superintendency.
From Reuters ● Feb. 13, 2023
While looking in Smith’s direction, she said she wants whoever takes the superintendency to hold other school staffers accountable for their involvement in responding to the two assaults.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 8, 2022
I want you to look upon the superintendency of your schools as the largest, the most difficult, and most important position within the bestowal of the city.
From On the Firing Line in Education by Adoniram Judson Ladd
How do you structure your relationships from your office to your 32 superintendencies?
From Time Magazine Archive
"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
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
He rose rapidly in the ranks, filling several superintendencies in the old parent property before he went to Watertown, in the late summer of 1902.
From The Story of the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdensburg RailRoad by Edward Hungerford
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
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