Definition of "superintendency" []

• The condition of being a superintendent (noun)
• The act of superintending (noun)

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• ""The superintendency is a difficult, difficult job, and some people just get worn out," said Bob Griggs of North Richland Hills."
• "The upstart committee will look at the numbers behind a split and then make one of three recommendations to the school committee and possibly residents at a town meeting: Stick with the current setup, revert to two independent K-8 school districts, or convert to a system with one superintendent and three districts - a setup called a superintendency union."
• "These circumstances, being often repeated, give women the abilities as well as a taste for that kind of superintendency to which, by their prudence and good management, they seem to be in general very equal."