intendance

noun

in·​ten·​dance in-ˈten-dən(t)s 

1

: management, superintendence

2

: an administrative department

Synonyms

• administration
• care
• charge
• conduct
• control
• direction
• governance
• government
• guidance
• handling
• management
• operation
• oversight
• presidency
• regulation
• running
• stewardship
• superintendence
• superintendency
• supervision

Examples of intendance in a Sentence

his scrupulous intendance of the university's finances

Word History

First Known Use

1739, in the meaning defined at sense 1