All 10 Uses of
superintendent
in
The Brothers Karamazov
- This individual was not precisely a detective but was a sort of superintendent of a whole regiment of political detectives—a rather powerful position in its own way.†
Chpt 2 *
- Father Paissy desired later on to read the Gospel all day and night over his dead friend, but for the present he, as well as the Father Superintendent of the Hermitage, was very busy and occupied, for something extraordinary, an unheard-of, even "unseemly" excitement and impatient expectation began to be apparent in the monks, and the visitors from the monastery hostels, and the crowds of people flocking from the town.†
Chpt 7
- Both the Superintendent and Father Paissy did their utmost to calm the general bustle and agitation.†
Chpt 7
- He gave lessons in the house of the prison superintendent, too, who, though scrupulous in the performance of his duties, was a kind-hearted old man.†
Chpt 11
- Alyosha, again, had an intimate acquaintance of long standing with the superintendent, who was fond of talking to him, generally on sacred subjects.†
Chpt 11
- So even if Alyosha were late at the prison, he had only to go to the superintendent and everything was made easy.†
Chpt 11
- "There's the superintendent shouting in the yard.†
Chpt 11
- Mr. Superintendent, take them.†
Chpt 12
- Ivan Fyodorovitch has already visited the superintendent of the third etape.†
Chpt Epil.
- "But they declare—the superintendent of that etape told Ivan himself—that if it's well managed there will be no great inquiry, and that they can get off easily.†
Chpt Epil.
Definition:
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(superintendent) a person who directs and manages an organization -- such as a school district
or:
a caretaker of a building -- such as an apartment building