a district under the jurisdiction of a superintendent
superintendency in American English
(ˌsuːpərɪnˈtendənsi, ˌsuːprɪn-)
nounWord forms: plural-cies
1.
a district or place under a superintendent
2.
the position or work of a superintendent
3. Also: superintendence
the act or process of superintending; direction; supervision; oversight
Word origin
[1590–1600; ‹ ML superintendentia, equiv. to superintend(ere) to superintend + -entia-ency]This word is first recorded in the period 1590–1600. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: attack, fixture, jolt, operator, tube
Examples of 'superintendency' in a sentence
superintendency
Furthermore, they viewed the difficulties associated with the superintendency as extremely important.
Aimee Howley, Edwina Pendarvis, Thomas Gibbs 2002, 'Attracting Principals to the Superintendency', Education Policy Analysis Archiveshttp://epaa.asu.edu/ojs/article/view/322. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)