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SuperintendentSuperintendent, term used since the Edict of Tolerance for the holder of a leading religious office in a Protestant church in Austria. Since the introduction of the office of bishop and the reduction in size of the "dioceses" the superintendent has been exercising the functions of a bishop and of middle management.
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