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superintendence
1. The management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group.
2. The act of supervising or managing a situation or people.
This entry is located in the following units: super-, supra-, sur- (page 8) tend-, tendo-, ten-, teno-, tenot-, tenonto-, tens-, tent-, -tend, -tension, -tent, -tense, -tensive, -tentious (page 8)
superintendence, superintendents
superintendence (soo" puhr in TEN duhns) (noun)
The act or fact of providing supervision for something: "The superintendence of the building site was left to the land agent."
superintendents (soo" puhr in TEN duhns) (noun)
Individuals who have been hired to provide the oversight or supervision for something: "The three superintendents who worked for their Boards of Education met together so they could coordinate the educational activities of their school districts."

There were three shifts of superintendents who were hired to provide the superintendence of the new Condominium.

This entry is located in the following unit: Confusing Words Clarified: Group S; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. + (page 11)