"superintendence" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
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          "ref": "1906, James George Frazer, Adonis, Attis, Osiris, volume 2, page 189",
          "text": "While the Supreme Being exercises a general superintendence over affairs, the real administration is in the hands of the ancestral spirits.",
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          "ref": "1939 July, Charles E. Lee, “Swannington: One-Time Railway Centre”, in Railway Magazine, page 5",
          "text": "The Ashby Canal was built under the superintendence of Robert Whitworth, and the whole length was opened in May, 1805.",
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        "The act of superintending; supervision"
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          "word": "superintendency"
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  "word": "superintendence"
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  "lang_code": "en",
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          "ref": "1906, James George Frazer, Adonis, Attis, Osiris, volume 2, page 189",
          "text": "While the Supreme Being exercises a general superintendence over affairs, the real administration is in the hands of the ancestral spirits.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1939 July, Charles E. Lee, “Swannington: One-Time Railway Centre”, in Railway Magazine, page 5",
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        "The act of superintending; supervision"
      ],
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          "supervision",
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  "word": "superintendence"
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