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intendancy
noun
in·tend·an·cy
\-dənsē, -si\
variants: less commonly
intendency
\-dənsē, -si\Definition of intendancy
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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
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Origin and Etymology of intendancy
intendancy probably from French intendance + English -y; intendency probably from Middle French intendance + English -ency
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