visitatorial

[ viz-i-tuh-tawr-ee-uhl, -tohr- ]

adjective

1. of or relating to an official visitor or official visitation.
2. having the power of visitation.

visitatorial

/ ˌvɪzɪtəˈtɔːrɪəl /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or for an official visitation or visitor
2. empowered to make official visitations

Word History and Origins

Origin of visitatorial¹

1680–90; < Medieval Latin vīsitātōri ( us ) ( visitation, -tory ¹ ) + -al ¹

Example Sentences

The Visitatorial duties and powers of the Royal Institution should be more clearly defined.

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The document then goes on to regulate the visitatorial powers of the Bishop, which are taken for granted.

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The Queen, however, still had over the Church a visitatorial power of vast and undefined extent.

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The Governors resented, too, the visitatorial power of the Royal Institution.

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Elaborate arrangements for the custody of the seal are therefore common in visitatorial injunctions.

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