the persons or number of persons present: an attendance of more than 300 veterans.
—Idiom
3.
dance attendance, to be obsequious in one's attentions or service; attend constantly: He was given a larger office and several assistants to dance attendance on him.
Example: His attendance (= the number of times he attends) at school is poor; Attendances (= the number of people attending) at the concerts went down after the price of tickets increased.
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.
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