intendancy
noun
in·tend·an·cy
variants or less commonly intendency
-dənsē,
-si
plural -es
1
: the office, function, or employment of an intendant
also : a body of intendants
2
usually intendency [Spanish intendencia, from intendente] : a district under an intendant
Word History
Etymology
intendancy probably from French intendance + English -y; intendency probably from Middle French intendance + English -ency