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superintendences

superintendences is the plural of superintendence.

Meaning of superintendence

Noun

superintendence (countable and uncountable, plural superintendences)

  1. The act of superintending; supervision.
    • While the Supreme Being exercises a general superintendence over affairs, the real administration is in the hands of the ancestral spirits.1906, James George Frazer, Adonis, Attis, Osiris, volume 2, page 189
    Synonyms:
    superintendency

Questions about superintendences

What is superintendences the plural of?
Superintendences is the plural of superintendence.

Words near superintendences in the dictionary

  1. superintelligent
  2. superintend
  3. superintendant
  4. superintended
  5. superintendence
  6. superintendences
  7. superintendencies
  8. superintendency
  9. superintendent
  10. superintendentess
  11. superintendentesses

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