attendance

attendance is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.2. 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.
  2. 2.Waiting for; expectation. [Obs.] Languishing attendance and expectation of death. Hooker.
  3. 3.The persons attending; a retinue; attendants. If your stray attendance by yet lodged. Milton.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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