Oversight or superintendence is evidently implied. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
Spiritual superintendence is a superintendence of a body. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-11-01] Reference
Cooking, or at least its superintendence, is another of their pastimes, especially among the Kajjar ladies. From Wordnik.com. [Glimpses of Life and Manners in Persia] Reference
That Luke wrote his Gospel during this period, under the apostle's superintendence, is the not unlikely conjecture of able critics. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
Of the article superintendence, which is only L500. From Wordnik.com. [The Absentee] Reference
This "superintendence" is a most unsatisfactory system, -- temporary and unprogressive in every element. From Wordnik.com. [Letters from Port Royal Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868)] Reference
The French girls are kept under very strict superintendence. From Wordnik.com. [Sketches of the Fair Sex, in All Parts of the World] Reference
They will not go on, however, without proper care and superintendence. From Wordnik.com. [Cattle and Cattle-breeders] Reference
This greater output of the 16 men reduces the cost of superintendence to. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
The tower of Babel was built by hundreds of men under no superintendence. From Wordnik.com. [Ballads of Romance and Chivalry Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - First Series] Reference
These were eventually constructed from his designs and under his superintendence. From Wordnik.com. [Fire Prevention and Fire Extinction] Reference
This is a work that requires a lot of labour and close and careful superintendence. From Wordnik.com. [Ranching, Sport and Travel] Reference
Soon the masters themselves formed a small body which required superintendence and guidance. From Wordnik.com. [The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886] Reference
The bill was conservative, giving the new department "general superintendence of all freedmen.". From Wordnik.com. [Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue] Reference
The wax is manufactured under my own immediate superintendence; soft, and perfectly dull on one side. From Wordnik.com. [The Royal Guide to Wax Flower Modelling] Reference
They report the gradually changing conditions and increasing difficulties of plantation superintendence. From Wordnik.com. [Letters from Port Royal Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868)] Reference
The Bagelkhand agency is under the political superintendence of the governor-general's agent for central. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
Smithsonian, Baird's duties included the superintendence of the labour of workers in widely different lines. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
Government Telegraphs, and, with a Companionship of the Bath, the superintendence of the Constantinople Post Office. From Wordnik.com. [The History of "Punch"] Reference
Every thing was well arranged; and even in the minutest matters I could detect the constant superintendence of a master. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847.] Reference
Quarto Facsimiles reproduced by photographic process, J.W. Griggs, under the superintendence of F.J. Furnivall. 43 vols. From Wordnik.com. [The Facts About Shakespeare] Reference
A special train had brought from Paris, under the high superintendence of Edwards, a dozen carriages -- and such carriages!. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
There he was nursed under the superintendence of Lady Montacute, and in that place this cradle was preserved for many years. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866] Reference
On our island two thirds were bidden in by the Government and I presume they will remain under the system of superintendence. From Wordnik.com. [Letters from Port Royal Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868)] Reference
It will be observed that no charge for superintendence or anything for the general expenses is included in the estimates of cost. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
Assuming, as usual, the entire superintendence and control of the culinary department, and every thing connected therewith, he set. From Wordnik.com. [The Island Home] Reference
Mr. Akins has been for some months at the superintendence of the work, helped by a very industrious assistant, Mr. James Farquhar. From Wordnik.com. [Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses] Reference
Jena, and in 1761 was entrusted with the superintendence of the military hospitals connected with the Prussian encampment near Torgau. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
The three others wandered first through the garden, and Gwen declared her intention of taking the whole of it under her superintendence. From Wordnik.com. [The Carved Cupboard] Reference
Aristotle found in the society of his time men who were not capable of political reflection, and who, as he thought, did their best work under superintendence. From Wordnik.com. [Politics: A Treatise on Government] Reference
Men, oxen, and sledges were sent out, and pathways were opened; the whole force of Elizabeth's household, under her immediate superintendence, joining in the good work. From Wordnik.com. [Woman on the American Frontier] Reference
They were under the superintendence of a special college of priests, by whom alone they were consulted, on the command of the senate, in cases of public distress or apprehension. From Wordnik.com. [C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino] Reference
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