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superintendent (iou)



superintendent noun & adjective. M16.
[ecclesiastical Latin superintendent- pres. ppl stem of superintendere SUPERINTEND: see -ENT.]
A. noun.
Christian Church.
a. = BISHOP noun 1. obsolete exc. Hist. M16.
b. A chief or presiding minister in a non-episcopal Church; spec. (a) a Lutheran minister presiding over churches and pastors of a particular district; (b) Hist. (in the Church of Scotland) a minister supervising the administration of the Church in a particular district; (c) (in the Methodist Church) an itinerant minister, esp. the presiding minister of a circuit. M16.
gen. A person who superintends; an overseer; esp. the director or manager of a business or institution. L16.
b. The chief administrative official of a district; a governor. M18.
c. A police officer next above the rank of inspector; US the head of a police department. M19.
Comb.: superintendent-general an official having control over several superintendents.
b. adjective. Superintending, overseeing; holding the position of a superintendent. L16.
superintendentship noun (a) (rare, joc.) a title for an Anglican bishop; (b) the office or position of a superintendent: M16.