The Order of the Visitation of Our Lady

(R. C. Ch.)

a religious community of nuns, founded at Annecy, in Savoy, in 1610, and in 1808 established in the United States. In America these nuns are devoted to the education of girls.

See also: Visitation

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.