Attendance
Part of speech: noun
Definition: the state of attending the count of a group that is attending something the frequency with which one has attended something
Example sentence: I knew all of the childhood prayers I uttered on my knees at the side of my bed. Many years of Sunday-school attendance had etched certain Psalms and rote prayers into the fibers of my brain. However, somewhere deep inside of me, I had the secret belief that I did not know how to pray, and that frightened me.
Attending
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Serving on the staff of a teaching hospital as a doctor.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A physician on the staff of a hospital, especially the principal one that supervises a patient's care.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To set on fire; kindle.
Example sentence: I was baptized Methodist, but I was mainly raised First Church of NFL, which is to say that my family, especially my father, was much more concerned with watching football on Sundays than attending services.