Superintendence
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of superintending; supervision. countable, uncountable
"While the Supreme Being exercises a general superintendence over affairs, the real administration is in the hands of the ancestral spirits."
- 2 management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group wordnet
Example
More examples"The road which was made under the superintendence of Captain (afterwards Colonel) Guthrie, of the Bengal Engineers between 1837 and 1844, at the joint expense of the British and Manipuri Governments, the former paying the larger share, was excellent for foot passengers and pack animals, but not wide enough and too steep for wheeled traffic on a large scale."
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