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place, institution, or organization, affairs, etc., with the power of direction; as, the superintendent of an almshouse; the superintendent of public works.

Doing duty for another; officiating; as, an superintendent.

A superintendent of several monasteries, corresponding to superior abbot, or father provincial, in the Roman Catholic church.

A spiritual overseer, superintendent, or director. Ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. 1 Pet. ii. 25. It is a fact now generally recognized by theologians of all shades of opinion, that in the language of the New Testament the same officer in the church is cal…

A master workman or superintendent; a director or manager; a political dictator. [Slang, U. S.]

A superintendent or keeper of a church's valuables; a churchwarden. [Obs.] Bailey.

One who has care or custody, as of some public building; a keeper or superintendent.

A keeper; a custodian; a superintendent. [Obs.] Custos rotulorum (r Etym: [LL., keeper of the rolls] (Eng. Law), the principal justice of the peace in a county, who is also keeper of the rolls and records of the sessions of the peace.

One who, or that which, directs; one who regulates, guides, or orders; a manager or superintendent. In all affairs thou sole director. Swift.

harge upon the land. -- Ground ash. (Bot.) See Groutweed. -- Ground bailiff (Mining), a superintendent of mines. Simmonds. -- Ground bait, bits of bread, boiled barley or worms, etc., thrown into the water to collect the fish, Wallon. -- Ground bass or base (Mus.), fundamental base; a fundamental base continually r…

mmitted; one who makes an official view or examination, as a military or civil officer; a superintendent; a supervisor; an overseer. Inspector general (Mil.), a staff officer of an army, whose duties are those of inspection, and embrace everything relative to organization, recruiting, discharge, administration, account…

One who has the charge, direction, or management of some public business; a superintendent; as, an intendant of marine; an intendant of finance.

The master or superintendent of a mint. Also used figuratively.

One who oversees; a superintendent; a supervisor; as, an overseer of a mill; specifically, one or certain public officers; as, an overseer of the poor; an overseer of highways.

An overseer; a superintendent.

before it by the police. -- Police inspector, an officer of police ranking next below a superintendent. -- Police jury, a body of officers who collectively exercise jurisdiction in certain cases of police, as levying taxes, etc.; -- so called in Louisiana. Bouvier. -- Police justice, or Police magistrate, a judge o…

A superintendent of a department who has control of its police establishment, together with extensive powers of municipal regulation. [France] Brande & C.

One of a governing board; a trustee or overseer; a superintendent; a curator; as, the regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

An overseer or superintendent. [R.] "The stewartry of provisions." Tooke.

A superintendent. [R.]