tendance

[ ten-duhns ]

noun

1. attention; care; ministration, as to the sick.
2. Archaic. servants or attendants.

tendance

/ ˈtɛndəns /

noun

1. rare.
   care and attention; ministration
2. obsolete.
   attendants collectively

Word History and Origins

Origin of tendance¹

First recorded in 1565–75; aphetic variant of attendance

Example Sentences

Her simple, kindly nature had turned in solicitude and affection to this springing life that responded to her tendance.

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Under the eye and tendance of his betrothed, he found during the next few weeks some mitigation of his sufferings.

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It did not come to an actual rupture, chiefly because Yule could not do without his wife; her tendance had become indispensable.

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A pleasing passage of Spenser illustrates their affectionate tendance of the sick.

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La tendance des révolutions est de le ramener toujours parmi les gouvernants.

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