/sooh'peuhr in ten"deuhn see, sooh'prin-/ , n. , pl. superintendencies .
1. a district or place under a superintendent.
2. the position or work of a superintendent.
3. Also, superintendence . the act or process of superintending; direction; supervision; oversight.
[ 1590-1600; superintendentia, equiv. to superintend ( ere ) to SUPERINTEND + -entia -ENCY ]