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Webster 1913 Edition
Superintendence
Suˊper-in-tend′ence
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
superintendance
.] The act of superintending; care and oversight for the purpose of direction; supervision.
Barrow.
Syn. – Inspection; oversight; care; direction; control; guidance.
Webster 1828 Edition
Superintendence
SUPERINTEND'ENCE
Definition 2024
superintendence
superintendence
English
Noun
superintendence (uncountable)
- The act of superintending; supervision
- 1945 May, George Orwell, chapter 6, in Animal Farm: A Fairy Story, London: Secker & Warburg, OCLC 3655473:
- […] then the building began, under the superintendence of the pigs.
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