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† aˈttendancy Obs.
Also 7 -ency.
[f. prec.: see -ncy.]
1. The condition of giving heed; attention.
a1679T. Goodwin Wks. 1863 VII. 396 Our attendancy to this very discrimination..may have a great influence.
2. The giving of attendance.
1594Hooker Eccl. Pol. vii. 442 Of honour, another part is attendancy; and therefore..angels are spoken of as his attendants.
3. = attendance 9.
1586J. Ferne Blaz. Gentrie 322 With as great an attendancy of friendes and seruants as..shalbe fit.
4. The quality of accompanying, adjoining, or following on; attendant relation.
a1626Bacon Max. & Use xxv. (1630) 89 To name land by the attendancy they have to other lands more notorious.
5. An accompaniment, an attendant thing.
1654Warren Unbelievers 47 There was..equivalency in respect of the adjuncts or attendencies.
6. Waiting for, expectation.
1646H. Lawrence Comm. & W. Angels 154 A certaine..attendancy, or looking after some good thing desired. |