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superintendency

/soo-per-in-ten-duhn-see, soo-prin-/US // ˌsu pər ɪnˈtɛn dən si, ˌsu prɪn- //UK // (ˌsuːpərɪnˈtɛndənsɪ, ˌsuːprɪn-) //

督察署,督察长,督导员,督察

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural su·per·in·tend·en·cies.

    • : a district or place under a superintendent.
    • : the position or work of a superintendent.
    • : Also su·per·in·tend·ence. the act or process of superintending; direction; supervision; oversight.

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Examples

  • The Jhansi state and the Jalaun and Chanderi districts were then formed into a superintendency.

  • The development of the department under the superintendency of William H. Maxwell has been along thoroughly modern lines.

  • Judge G. Mott, another special agent, who had been dispatched to examine Nesmiths superintendency, did the same.

  • But how if the superintendency can't be had without the colonelcy?

  • No change has been made in the superintendency, and a new impetus has been given to this work since it has been made a department.