1. the management or administration of something; supervision
Usage: formal
2. the office or position of an intendant
Usage: historical; administrative

Examples

• The intendance of the royal estates required careful attention to detail.
• Under his intendance, the province prospered economically.
• The intendance was responsible for collecting taxes and maintaining order.
• She accepted the intendance of the charitable foundation.
• The colonial intendance oversaw trade and commerce in the region.
• His intendance of the military supplies was exemplary during the campaign.