noun

1. 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
2. a visiting of reward or, esp., punishment, as by God
3. any affliction or disaster thought of as an act of God
4. ☆
   1. the legal right of a divorced or separated parent to visit a child
   2. such a visit
5. ☆
   1. the custom of visiting the mourning family of a deceased person
   2. such visiting or the time during which it is done
6. Zool. migration of animals or birds to a particular place at an unusual time or in unusual numbers

Etymology: OFr < L visitatio