in·tend·an·cy noun alsoin·tend·en·cy\-dənsē, -si\ (-es) Etymology:intendancy probably from French intendance + English -y; intendency probably from Middle French intendance + English -ency 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