attendance / attendants [əˈtɛndən(t)s]
attendance – n. – 1. the act of being present; 2. the number of people present
attendants – n. pl. of attendant – people employed to wait on others or provide services
attendance
When I was just preparing to pay my attendance on the Emperor of Blefuscu, a considerable person at court... came to my house very privately at night ...
~ Gulliver’s Travels (1726) – Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)
attendants
The Norman, whom the other three diamonds had converted into the most obliging, serviceable being that ever breathed, took care to see Candide and his attendants safe on board this vessel...
~ Candide (1759) – Voltaire (François Marie Arouet) (1694-1778)