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.

• the state of attending
  
• the count of a group that is attending something
  
• the frequency with which one has attended something