Word: Visitation
How to pronounce: vɪzɪˈteɪʃn
Noun
Definitions:
1. (in church use) an official visit of inspection, especially one by a bishop to a church in the bishop's diocese.
Example sentences: "It is suggested also that the bishops should devise a system of regular visitations of the dioceses of their fellow bishops, a proposal, it is suggested, that should pose no threat to bishops who do not fear being held accountable."
2. The appearance of a divine or supernatural being.
Example sentences: "Throughout history there have been reports of ghosts, apparitions and spiritual visitations, both angelic and demonic."
3. A gathering with the family of a deceased person before the funeral.
Example sentences: "If someone in the community died, funeral visitations would typically be held twenty kilometres down the road in Middle Musquodoboit, or even in Truro, more than 50 kilometers away."
4. A divorced person's right to spend time with their children in the custody of a former spouse.
Example sentences: "There is a growing trend toward using mediation to reach an agreement on the terms of a divorce (child custody, visitation, and property distribution)."
5. A disaster or difficulty regarded as a divine punishment.
Example sentences: "A visitation of the plague"
6. The visit of the Virgin Mary to Elizabeth related in Luke 1:39–56.
Example sentences: "He kneels before Mary in the Visitation, Elizabeth and John adjacent to him as intermediaries, requesting Mary's intercessory role on his behalf."
Synonyms:
attendance
trial
Derivations:
visiting
visitable
visited
visitor
visitant
visit
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German: Visitation
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Italian:
Turkish: Ziyaret
