visitation

[ viz-i-tey-shuh n ]
/ ˌvɪz ɪˈteɪ ʃən /
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noun

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Origin of visitation

1275–1325; < Latin vīsitātiōn- (stem of vīsitātiō), equivalent to vīsitāt(us) (past participle of vīsitāre; see visit, -ate1) + -iōn- -ion; replacing Middle English visitacioun < Anglo-French < Latin, as above

OTHER WORDS FROM visitation

vis·it·a·tion·al, adjectivein·ter·vis·it·a·tion, nounre·vis·it·a·tion, noun

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH visitation

visit visitation

Words nearby visitation

visionary, visioned, visit, visitable, visitant, visitation, visitation rights, visitatorial, visiting card, visiting fireman, visiting nurse
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Words related to visitation

call, visiting, retribution, distress, disaster, ordeal, calamity, pain, trouble, punishment, adversity, catastrophe

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British Dictionary definitions for visitation (1 of 2)

visitation
/ (ˌvɪzɪˈteɪʃən) /

noun

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
a visiting of punishment or reward from heaven
any disaster or catastrophea visitation of the plague
an appearance or arrival of a supernatural being
any call or visit
informal an unduly prolonged social call

Derived forms of visitation

visitational, adjective

British Dictionary definitions for visitation (2 of 2)

Visitation
/ (ˌvɪzɪˈteɪʃən) /

noun

  1. the visit made by the Virgin Mary to her cousin Elizabeth (Luke 1:39–56)
  2. the Church festival commemorating this, held on July 2
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
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