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visitation
noun
- 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
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- the legal right of a divorced or separated parent to visit a child
- such a visit
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- the custom of visiting the mourning family of a deceased person
- such visiting or the time during which it is done
- Zool. migration of animals or birds to a particular place at an unusual time or in unusual numbers
Related Forms:
- visitational adjective
See visitation in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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