tendance
Americannoun
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attention; care; ministration, as to the sick.
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Archaic. servants or attendants.
noun
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rare care and attention; ministration
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obsolete attendants collectively
Etymology
Origin of tendance
First recorded in 1565–75; aphetic variant of attendance
Example Sentences
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While David Edgar, Howard Brenton and David Hare were often overtly political, Snoo was a Marxist "tendance Groucho"; more subtly subversive and humorous.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 5, 2013
Looked upon as experimental, the club found instant favor, had an average at tendance its first year of 800 persons.
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And at tendance at religious services motivated by proximity of danger can scarcely demonstrate the religious quotient of a man.
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Incidentally, I believe that Mr. Bestor is right in his stand that depression is responsible for Chautauqua's 40% decline in receipts and at tendance.
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If you hate my tendance of him as a stranger and a guest, you are to be only the more courteous.
From The Day of His Youth by Alice Brown
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