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visitation

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vis·i·ta·tion  (vz-tshn)
n.
1. The act or an instance of visiting or an instance of being visited: rules governing visitation at a prison.
2. An official visit for the purpose of inspection or examination, as of a bishop to a diocese.
3. The right of a parent to visit a child as specified in a divorce or separation order.
4.
a. A visit of punishment or affliction or of comfort and blessing regarded as being ordained by God.
b. A calamitous event or experience; a grave misfortune.
5. The appearance or arrival of a supernatural being.
6. Visitation Roman Catholic Church
a. The visit of the Virgin Mary to her cousin Elizabeth.
b. May 31, observed in commemoration of this event.

visi·tation·al adj.

visitation [ˌvɪzɪˈteɪʃən]
n
1. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) 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
2. (Christian Religious Writings / Theology) a visiting of punishment or reward from heaven
3. any disaster or catastrophe a visitation of the plague
4. (Christian Religious Writings / Theology) an appearance or arrival of a supernatural being
5. any call or visit
6. Informal an unduly prolonged social call
visitational  adj

Visitation [ˌvɪzɪˈteɪʃən]
n
1. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms)
a.  the visit made by the Virgin Mary to her cousin Elizabeth (Luke 1:39-56)
b.  the Church festival commemorating this, held on July 2
2. (Christianity / Roman Catholic Church) 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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.visitationvisitation - an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event; "his mother-in-law's visits were a great trial for him"; "life is full of tribulations"; "a visitation of the plague"
affliction - a cause of great suffering and distress
fire - a severe trial; "he went through fire and damnation"
2.visitation - any disaster or catastrophe; "a visitation of the plague"
calamity, catastrophe, tragedy, disaster, cataclysm - an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster"
3.visitation - an official visit for inspection or supervision; "the commissioner made visitations to all the precinct stations"; "the recent visitation of the bishop to his diocese"
visit - the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time; "he dropped by for a visit"

visitation
noun
1. apparition, vision, manifestation, appearance, materialization He claims to have had a visitation from the Virgin Mary.
2. inspection, survey, examination, visit, review, scrutiny House-to-house visitation has been authorized by the Board of Health.
Translations
visitation [ˌvɪzɪˈteɪʃən]
A. N
1. (= visit) (by official) → inspección f; (by bishop, cardinal) → visita f pastoral
we had a visitation from her (hum) → nos cayó encima una de sus visitas
2. (Rel) → visitación f
the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Maryla Visitación de la Santísima Virgen María
3. (= punishment) → castigo m
B. CPD visitation rights NPLderecho msing de visita
visitation
n
(form: = visit, by official) → Besichtigung f, → Besuch m; (by ghost) → Erscheinung f; after another visitation from the mother-in-law (hum)nachdem uns die Schwiegermutter wieder einmal heimgesucht hatte
(Rel) the VisitationMariä Heimsuchung f
(Rel, = affliction) → Heimsuchung f; a visitation for their sinsdie Strafe für ihre Sünden; the visitation of the sins of the fathers on succeeding generationsdie Bestrafung der folgenden Generationen für die Sünden ihrer Väter
visitation [ˌvɪsɪˈteɪʃən] n
a. (frm) (by official) → visita; (by bishop) → visita pastorale
b. (hum) a visitation (from sb)una visita inopportuna (da parte di qn)
c. (Rel) the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Maryla Visitazione della Beata Vergine
d. (frm) (calamity) → punizione f divina

visitation [ˌvɪsɪˈteɪʃən] n
a. (frm) (by official) → visita; (by bishop) → visita pastorale
b. (hum) a visitation (from sb)una visita inopportuna (da parte di qn)
c. (Rel) the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Maryla Visitazione della Beata Vergine
d. (frm) (calamity) → punizione f divina


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The verdict of the coroner's jury was that he "came to his death by a visitation of God.
He observed that, to him, this trance looked more like a visitation of Satan than a proof of divine favour, and exhorted his friend to see that he hid no accursed thing within his soul.
Doctor Manette, whom this visitation had so turned into stone, that be stood with the lamp in his band, as if be woe a statue made to hold it, moved after these words were spoken, put the lamp down, and confronting the speaker, and taking him, not ungently, by the loose front of his red woollen shirt, said:
 
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