tendance

[ ten-duhns ]

/ ˈtɛn dəns /

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noun

attention; care; ministration, as to the sick.

Archaic. servants or attendants.

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Origin of tendance

First recorded in 1565–75; aphetic variant of attendance

Words nearby tendance

ten-cent store, tench, ten code, Ten Commandments, tend, tendance, tendency, tendency tone, tendentious, tender, tenderable

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How to use tendance in a sentence

Her simple, kindly nature had turned in solicitude and affection to this springing life that responded to her tendance.
Atlantic Narratives|Mary Antin
Under the eye and tendance of his betrothed, he found during the next few weeks some mitigation of his sufferings.
Keats|Sidney Colvin
It did not come to an actual rupture, chiefly because Yule could not do without his wife; her tendance had become indispensable.
New Grub Street|George Gissing
A pleasing passage of Spenser illustrates their affectionate tendance of the sick.
The History of Chivalry, Volume I (of 2)|Charles Mills

La tendance des révolutions est de le ramener toujours parmi les gouvernants.
A Lecture on the Study of History|Lord Acton

British Dictionary definitions for tendance

tendance

/ (ˈtɛndəns) /

noun

rare care and attention; ministration

obsolete attendants collectively

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