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intendancy

noun
in·​tend·​an·​cy
variants: or less commonly intendency \ -​dÉ™nsÄ“ , -​si \
plural -es

Definition of intendancy

1 : the office, function, or employment of an intendant also : a body of intendants
2 usually intendency [ Spanish intendencia, from intendente ] : a district under an intendant

History and Etymology for intendancy

intendancy probably from French intendance + English -y; intendency probably from Middle French intendance + English -ency

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