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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