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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

At-tĕnd’ance, n.

noun

n. [O. Fr.]

  1. The act of attending or being in waiting; service; ministry. “I dance attendance here.” Shak.
  2. The persons attending; a train; a retinue.

If your stray attendance be yet lodged. Milton. 3. Attention; regard; careful application of mind. “Diligent attendance to instruction.” Barrow. Give attendance to reading. 1 Tim. iv. 13. 4. Expectation; waiting for. [Obs.] The languishing attendance and expectation of death.