Dictionary entry

Attendance

Webster's Dictionary 1913

At‐tend″ance (�), n. [OE. attendance, OF. atendance, fr. atendre, F. attendre. See Attend, v. t.] 1. Attention; regard; careful application.

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.

Languishing attendance and expectation of death.

Hooker.

4. The persons attending; a retinue; attendants.

If your stray attendance by yet lodged.

Milton.