What does "attendance" mean?

Attendance: 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.

Additional senses

  1. 2.Waiting for; expectation. [Obs.] Languishing attendance and expectation of death. Hooker.
  2. 3.The persons attending; a retinue; attendants. If your stray attendance by yet lodged. Milton.

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