tendance means the act of attending to or looking after something; tending, attention. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 85 out of 100.
Etymology
See tend (“to attend”), and compare attendance.
noun
- The act of attending to or looking after something; tending, attention.“And up they rose as vigorous as the Sun, / Or to the Culture of the willing Glebe, / Or to the cheerful Tendance of the Flock.”
- attendance (The act of attending or waiting)“What but love, kindness, and all affection is her tendance upon poor Emily. To her, is she not all meekness, all love, all forbearance?”
- People in attendance; attendants.“[…] his lobbies fill with tendance, / Rain sacrificial whisperings in his ear,”