Definitions for intendancy

intendancy in·tend·an·cy

Spelling: [in-ten-duh n-see]
IPA: /ɪnˈtɛn dən si/

Intendancy is a 10 letter English word.

You can make 361 anagrams from letters in intendancy (acdeinnnty).

Definitions for intendancy

noun

  1. the office or function of an intendant.
  2. a body of intendants.
  3. Also, intendency. a district under the charge of an intendant.

Origin of intendancy

First recorded in 1590-1600; intend(ant) + -ancy

Examples for intendancy

Certainly M. de Lauson was feathering his nest and that of his children before giving up the intendancy.

His mind had been dwelling upon the great affairs of his intendancy and the mad policy of the Court of Versailles.

The best comes from the forests round the village of Zentila, in the intendancy of Oaxaca.

As a result of the English war, in 1764 Havana was made the seat of an independent captaincy-general and of an intendancy.

In 1668 left for France, but returned to Canada in 1670, and resumed the intendancy.

The intendancy of Yucatan forms a peninsula, about a hundred leagues in length, between the bays of Campeachy and Honduras.

The intendancy of which this town was the capital was one of the richest in Mexico.

In 1764 the intendancy of Havana was established, likewise with good results.

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