At*tend"ance (&?;), n.
[OE. attendance, OF.
atendance, fr. atendre, F.
attendre. See Attend, v. t.]
1. Attention; regard; careful application. [Obs.]
Till I come, give attendance to reading.
1 Tim. iv.
13.
2. The act of
attending; state of being in waiting; service; ministry; the fact of being
present; presence.
Constant attendance at church three times a day.
Fielding.
3.
Waiting for; expectation. [Obs.]
Languishing attendance and expectation of death.
Hooker.
4.
The persons attending; a retinue; attendants.
If your stray
attendance by yet lodged.
Milton.
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