visitation
the act of visiting.
a formal visit, as one permitted by a court's granting of visitation rights or by parents invited to a school to observe the work of students.
a visit for the purpose of making an official examination or inspection, as of a bishop to a diocese.
(usually initial capital letter) the visit of the Virgin Mary to her cousin Elizabeth. Luke 1:36–56.
(initial capital letter) a church festival, held on July 2, in commemoration of this visit.
the administration of comfort or aid, or of affliction or punishment: a visitation of the plague.
an affliction or punishment, as from God.
the appearance or coming of a supernatural influence or spirit.
Origin of visitation
1Other words from visitation
- vis·it·a·tion·al, adjective
- in·ter·vis·it·a·tion, noun
- re·vis·it·a·tion, noun
Words that may be confused with visitation
- visit, visitation
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How to use visitation in a sentence
Nighttime “visitations” may be chalked up to sleep deprivation, to hypnagogic or hypnopompic hallucinations.
Have the weeds grown faster or the vegetables less, because of his nightly visitations to it?
Dorothy at Skyrie | Evelyn RaymondMany episcopal visitations took place during the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth centuries.
Bell's Cathedrals: A Short Account of Romsey Abbey | Thomas PerkinsKing and cardinal alike soon came to detest me, and my life thenceforth was troubled by the visitations of their displeasure.
The World's Greatest Books, Vol X | VariousProvidence sometimes shows its authority by sudden visitations, from which we should profit.
The World's Greatest Books, Vol X | Various
It is remarkable how unequally these baneful visitations affect the different races of the inhabitants.
British Dictionary definitions for visitation (1 of 2)
/ (ˌvɪzɪˈteɪʃən) /
an official call or visit for the purpose of inspecting or examining an institution, esp such a visit made by a bishop to his diocese
a visiting of punishment or reward from heaven
any disaster or catastrophe: a visitation of the plague
an appearance or arrival of a supernatural being
any call or visit
informal an unduly prolonged social call
Derived forms of visitation
- visitational, adjective
British Dictionary definitions for Visitation (2 of 2)
/ (ˌvɪzɪˈteɪʃən) /
the visit made by the Virgin Mary to her cousin Elizabeth (Luke 1:39–56)
the Church festival commemorating this, held on July 2
a religious order of nuns, the Order of the Visitation, founded in 1610 by St Francis of Sales and dedicated to contemplation and the cultivation of humility, gentleness, and sisterly love
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