Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SU-PER-IN-TEND'ENT
SU-PER-IN-TEND'ENCE, or SU-PER-IN-TEND'EN-CYSU-PER-IN-TEND'ER
SU-PER-IN-TEND'ENT, n.
- One who has the oversight and charge of something, with the power of direction; as, the superintendent of an alms-house or work-house; the superintendent of public works; the superintendent of customs or finance.
- An ecclesiastical superior in some reformed churches.
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