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visitation¹
- /ˌvɪzɪˈteɪʃən/
Rhymes with -eɪʃən
Where it comes from
From Anglo-Norman visitacioun, from Old French visitacion, from Latin vīsitātiō. By surface analysis, visit + -ation.
noun visitations
- The act of visiting, or an instance of being visited. Existing visitor facilities for both frontcountry areas experience crowding during the summer season, when the park receives most of its visitation, […]
- An official visit to inspect or examine something.
- An encounter with aliens or supernatural beings such as ghosts.
- An affliction or disaster attributed to destiny, or to God. But when the blow comes down in the fulness of expectation; when the bough is smitten while green, and the flower cut down in its spring; when the young and lovely perish, while the eyes, full of light, were fixed on the future,—then, indeed, is the visitation heavy to bear.
- The right of a separated or divorced parent to visit a child; access.
- A punishment or blessing ordained by God.
- An unusual and extensive irruption of a species of animals into another region.
Visitation²
proper noun the Visitation
- The visit of the Virgin Mary to her cousin Elizabeth; the commemoration of this on May 30th in Eastern Christianity or May 31st in Western Christianity.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: visit, trial, tribulation, attendance, usage, enrolment, trips, affluence, visitor, visiting, outcall, visited, utilisation, use, participation, inspection
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noun act of visiting
| Español | visitación |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Besuch |
| Ελληνικά | επίσκεψη epískepsi |
noun encounter with supernatural beings
| Deutsch | Begegnung, Erscheinung |
|---|
noun right to see one's child
| Français | droit de visite |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Umgangsrecht |
| Italiano | diritto di visita |
| Ελληνικά | δικαίωμα επίσκεψης dikaíoma epískepsis |
noun punishment or blessing ordained by God
| Ελληνικά | επίσκεψη epískepsi |
|---|
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