[ US /ˌvɪzɪˈteɪʃən/ ]
[ UK /vˌɪzɪtˈe‍ɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
  1. an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event
    a visitation of the plague
    life is full of tribulations
    a visitation of the plague
    his mother-in-law's visits were a great trial for him
  2. any disaster or catastrophe
    a visitation of the plague
    a visitation of the plague
  3. an official visit for inspection or supervision
    the recent visitation of the bishop to his diocese
    the commissioner made visitations to all the precinct stations
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How To Use visitation In A Sentence

  • Above the altar is a portrait of St. Francis de Sales, painted by a fellow convert who became a Visitation sister. Cardinal Newman at Birmingham: Liturgical Items (Part 3 of 3)
  • Besides, he caused a general visitation to be made of all the land from Quito to Chile, registering the whole population for more than a thousand leagues; and imposed a tribute [_so heavy that no one could be owner of a_ mazorca _of maize, which is their bread for food, nor of a pair of_ usutas, _which are their shoes, nor marry, nor do a single thing without special licence from Tupac Inca. History of the Incas
  • And Miranda's supernatural visitations, which began on the night of the murder, are escalating in both frequency and intensity.
  • It was a visitation, I have not the slightest doubt about that.
  • There in a window above the altar was Mary and her story, the annunciation and visitation; at the bottom of the window there was also a depiction of the donors, The Guild of Bakers.
  • Despite this temporary lull in visitation, the demographics of wilderness visitors continued to change.
  • The burg is faking alien visitation to get more tourists, with a museum and UFO-themed snacks, and among their exhibits is a purported alien body. *The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service — Recommended Series » Manga Worth Reading
  • The question whether grandparents should be able to insist on visitation over the objections of their children has been hard-fought on both sides.
  • The daughter of the surviving sister drove some distance to be present for the visitation and funeral, thinking about how sad her mother would be, how she would miss those weekends with her sister.
  • The apostolic visitation is going to be too little, too late, if the bishops and priests of the Church in the United States do not recognize what has happened and undertake their grave pastoral obligation to correct the errors of these communities. Transparency, Creativity, and Heresy
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