Definitions for intendancies

intendancies in·tend·an·cy

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

Intendancies is a 12 letter English word.

You can make 767 anagrams from letters in intendancies (acdeeiinnnst).

Definitions for intendancies

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 intendancies

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

Examples for intendancies

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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