visitatorial
[viz-i-tuh-tawr-ee-uh l, -tohr-]
- of or relating to an official visitor or official visitation.
- having the power of visitation.
Origin of visitatorial
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Elaborate arrangements for the custody of the seal are therefore common in visitatorial injunctions.
Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535Eileen Edna Power
The Visitatorial duties and powers of the Royal Institution should be more clearly defined.
McGill and its Story, 1821-1921Cyrus Macmillan
The Governors resented, too, the visitatorial power of the Royal Institution.
McGill and its Story, 1821-1921Cyrus Macmillan
The document then goes on to regulate the visitatorial powers of the Bishop, which are taken for granted.
History of the Cathedral Church of WellsEdward A. Freeman
The Queen, however, still had over the Church a visitatorial power of vast and undefined extent.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.Thomas Babington Macaulay
visitatorial
visitorial
- of, relating to, or for an official visitation or visitor
- empowered to make official visitations
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