单词 | intendance |
释义 | † intendancen.1 Obsolete. Application of the mind; attention. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attention > earnest attention, concentration > [noun] intendance1390 intentionc1400 intensiona1619 absorption1640 immersion1647 preoccupation1788 concentration1823 engrossment1838 self-condensation1841 enchainment1849 submergence1872 immersal1901 absorbency1974 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 359 All freshe I sigh hem springe and daunce, And do to love her entendaunce. ?1529 R. Hyrde tr. J. L. Vives Instr. Christen Woman i. i. sig. C.ij The mayde, whom we wolde haue specially good, requireth al intendaunce both of father and mother. 1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) i. 10 All the wordes of thys holy seruyce, oughte to be sayde or songe, wyth entendaunce therto. 1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 325 When a Hawke hath bene recouered of some great greefe by good keeping and intendance. 1611 W. Sclater Key (1629) 95 It were long to recite all their deuout intendants, all their strict obseruances. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022). intendancen.2 a. The function of an intendant; superintendence, direction; intendancy; spec. a department of the French public service, or the officials conducting it, as the war commissariat, etc. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > superintendent > position of superintendentship1567 intendancy1598 intendance1740 intendantship1892 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > government department or agency > [noun] > French government department intendance1880 1740 C. Cibber Apol. Life C. Cibber xvi. 330 Which province..was the only one we car'd to trust to his particular intendance. 1839 G. P. R. James Louis XIV IV. 291 The real intendance of public buildings was held by the famous Mansard. 1862 M. Hopkins Hawaii 250 They stipulated..that the Roman Catholic schools should be exclusively under the intendance of inspectors professing that faith. 1880 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea (ed. 4) VI. v. 95 The French Intendance and the English Commissariat must meet as best they might the huge accession of wants. b. The official quarters or office of an intendant. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > public officials > [noun] > intendant > office or quarters of intendance1895 1895 G. Parker in Atlantic Monthly (U.S.) Mar. 301 There was yet an hour before I was to go to the intendance. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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