Definition of visitation Visitation

/vɪˌzʌtejˈʃʌn/ - [vizuteyshun] - vis•it•a•tion

We found 15 definitions of visitation from 4 different sources.

What does visitation mean?

Noun Plural: visitations
visitation - an official visit for inspection or supervision; "the commissioner made visitations to all the precinct stations"; "the recent visitation of the bishop to his diocese"
		visit the act of going to see some person in a professional capacity; "a visit to the dentist"
visitation - any disaster or catastrophe; "a visitation of the plague"
		calamity, cataclysm, tragedy, catastrophe, disaster an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster"
visitation - an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event; "his mother-in-law's visits were a great trial for him"; "life is full of tribulations"; "a visitation of the plague"
		trial, tribulation
		affliction a cause of great suffering and distress

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visitation (Noun)
The act of visiting, or an instance of being visited.
visitation (Noun)
An official visit to inspect or examine something.
visitation (Noun)
An encounter with supernatural beings such as ghosts or aliens.
visitation (Noun)
The right of a separated or divorced parent to visit a child; access.
visitation (Noun)
A punishment or blessing ordained by God.

visitation (n.)
The act of visiting, or the state of being visited; access for inspection or examination.
visitation (n.)
Specifically: The act of a superior or superintending officer who, in the discharge of his office, visits a corporation, college, etc., to examine into the manner in which it is conducted, and see that its laws and regulations are duly observed and executed; as, the visitation of a diocese by a bishop.
visitation (n.)
The object of a visit.
visitation (n.)
The act of a naval commander who visits, or enters on board, a vessel belonging to another nation, for the purpose of ascertaining her character and object, but without claiming or exercising a right of searching the vessel. It is, however, usually coupled with the right of search (see under Search), visitation being used for the purpose of search.
visitation (n.)
Special dispensation; communication of divine favor and goodness, or, more usually, of divine wrath and vengeance; retributive calamity; retribution; judgment.
visitation (n.)
A festival in honor of the visit of the Virgin Mary to Elisabeth, mother of John the Baptist, celebrated on the second of July.