visitation
noun
[ vɪzɪˈteɪʃ(ə)n ]
• the appearance of a divine or supernatural being.
• "visitations in the form of a child whimpering"
• an official visit of inspection, especially one by a bishop to a church in his diocese.
• a divorced person's right to spend time with their children in the custody of a former spouse.
• "the mother was uncooperative with visitation"
• a gathering with the family of a deceased person before the funeral.
• "the visitation will be held today at the funeral home"
• a disaster or difficulty regarded as a divine punishment.
• "a visitation of the plague"
Similar:
affliction,
scourge,
bane,
curse,
ordeal,
plague,
pestilence,
blight,
disaster,
tragedy,
calamity,
catastrophe,
cataclysm,
punishment,
retribution,
penalty,
vengeance,
• the visit of the Virgin Mary to Elizabeth related in Luke 1:39–56.
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French, or from late Latin visitatio(n- ), from the verb visitare (see visit).
