\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.