Visitation meaning
vĭzĭ-tāshən
visitations
An official visit for the purpose of inspection or examination, as of a bishop to a diocese.
A gathering of people in remembrance of a deceased person, especially in the presence of the body at a funeral home.
The action or an instance of visiting or an instance of being visited.
Rules governing visitation at a prison.
The provision made for a parent to spend time with a child who is in the physical custody of another.
The appearance or arrival of a supernatural being.
The act or an instance of visiting; esp., an official visit to inspect or examine, as that made by a bishop to a church in his diocese.
A visiting of reward or, esp., punishment, as by God.
Any affliction or disaster thought of as an act of God.
(zool.) Migration of animals or birds to a particular place at an unusual time or in unusual numbers.
The act of visiting, or an instance of being visited.
An official visit to inspect or examine something.
An encounter with supernatural beings such as ghosts or aliens.
The right of a separated or divorced parent to visit a child; access.
A punishment or blessing ordained by God.
(Roman Catholic Church) The visit of the Virgin Mary to her cousin Elizabeth; the commemoration of this on 31st May.
(r.c.ch.) the Visitation
the visit of the Virgin Mary to Elizabeth: Luke 1:39-56
a church feast (May 31) commemorating this
Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
Visitation Sentence Examples
The visitation was a failure.
This was the last and most tremendous visitation of the Assyrian scourge.
The preparations for the coronation of King James were interrupted by a severe visitation of the plague, which killed off as many as 30,578 persons, and it was not till March 25, 1604, that the king, the queen and Prince Henry passed triumphantly from the Tower to Westminster.
Peckham's main instrument was a minute system of "visitation," which he used with a frequency hitherto unknown.
Finally, many private charitable corporations (about 500 in 1905) report to the state board of charity, and town and city almshouses (205 in 1904) are subject to visitation.
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Words near visitation in the Dictionary
visit-a-spell
visitable
visitant
visitation rights
visitatorial