Visitation Definition
vĭzĭ-tāshən
visitations
noun
visitations
The action or an instance of visiting or an instance of being visited.
Rules governing visitation at a prison.
American Heritage
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.
Webster's New World
A visiting of reward or, esp., punishment, as by God.
Webster's New World
The legal right of a divorced or separated parent to visit a child.
Webster's New World
Any affliction or disaster thought of as an act of God.
Webster's New World
pronoun
(Roman Catholic Church) The visit of the Virgin Mary to her cousin Elizabeth; the commemoration of this on 31st May.
Wiktionary
idiom
the Visitation
- the visit of the Virgin Mary to Elizabeth: Luke 1:39-56
- a church feast (May 31) commemorating this
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Visitation
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visitationsIdioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Visitation
- the Visitation
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