Obs. Also 7 -ency. [f. prec.: see -NCY.]
1. The condition of giving heed; attention.
a. 1679. T. Goodwin, Wks., 1863, VII. 396. Our attendancy to this very discrimination … may have a great influence.
2. The giving of attendance.
1594. Hooker, Eccl. Pol., VII. 442. Of honour, another part is attendancy; and therefore … angels are spoken of as his attendants.
3. = ATTENDANCE 9.
1586. 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.
a. 1626. Bacon, Max. & Use, xxv. (1630), 89. To name land by the attendancy they have to other lands more notorious.
5. An accompaniment, an attendant thing.
1654. Warren, Unbelievers, 47. There was … equivalency in respect of the adjuncts or attendencies.
6. Waiting for, expectation.
1646. H. Lawrence, Comm. & W. Angels, 154. A certaine … attendancy, or looking after some good thing desired.
