Definitions for tendance

tendance tend·ance

Spelling: [ten-duh ns]
IPA: /ˈtɛn dəns/

Tendance is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 175 anagrams from letters in tendance (acdeennt).

Definitions for tendance

noun

  1. attention; care; ministration, as to the sick.
  2. Archaic. servants or attendants.

Origin of tendance

First recorded in 1565-75; aphetic variant of attendance

Examples for tendance

He had to go to the Rectory dinner-party, and leave his neophyte to the tendance of the Underwoods.

Long nights, too, at first with hourly tendance and then presently without.

His love and His might guard the little one in the tendance of its parents.

Her simple, kindly nature had turned in solicitude and affection to this springing life that responded to her tendance.

As to the Rector's tendance of his child his tone was very cool and guarded.

He would accept no tendance but that of Mary Woodruff; to her, as to his children, he kept up the pretence of gout.

His brother will take it well of thee if thou wilt stay with him till some tendance can be had.

Her tendance revived Wallace, but she kept up the outward pretence that he was dead.

As to the rector's tendance of his child, his tone was very cool and guarded.

Mrs. Transome yielded at last, and let Esther soothe her with a daughter's tendance.

Word Value for tendance
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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