intendances
/ɪnˈtɛndənsɪz/
noun
- The positions, duties, or term of office of an intendant (a manager or superintendent, especially in historical contexts).
- The historian studied the intendances of colonial governors in New France.
- His book details the intendances of various royal officials in the 18th century.
- Several intendances were created to oversee the new territories.