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Definition of Tendance
1. n. The act of attending or waiting; attendance.
Definition of Tendance
1. Noun. (archaic) The act of attending or waiting; attendance. ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete) Persons in attendance; attendants. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tendance
1. watchful care [n -S]
Medical Definition of Tendance
1. 1. The act of attending or waiting; attendance. "The breath Of her sweet tendance hovering over him." (Tennyson) 2. Persons in attendance; attendants. See: Tend to attend, and cf. Attendance. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tendance
Literary usage of Tendance
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"Round him the gallant Paphlagonian troop Gave tendance, and uplifting to his car
780 Bare him to sacred Ilion ..."
2. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut [1636-1776] by Connecticut, Connecticut General Assembly, Connecticut Council, James Hammond Trumbull, Connecticut Council of Safety, Charles Jeremy Hoadly (1880)
"... pence per mile [ 78 ] for every mile || he shall transport her, with allowance
for one man and horse tendance if such he has for his assistance 4 pence ..."
3. Enquiry Into Plants and Minor Works on Odours and Weather Signs by Theophrastus (1916)
"... any other country which has fruits that are congenial to that particular
locality; for the locality 7 is more important than cultivation and tendance. ..."
4. The Life of William Wilberforce by Robert Isaac Wilberforce, Samuel Wilberforce (1838)
"tendance during this session affords such a prospect of doing good as to warrant
my continuance in parliament for its term ..."
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