noun
also in·tend·en·cy -dənsē, -si
( -es )
Etymology: intendancy probably from French intendance + English -y; intendency probably from Middle French intend ance + English -ency
1. : the office, function, or employment of an intendant ; also : a body of intendants
2. usually intendency
[Spanish intendencia, from intendente ]
: a district under an intendant