visitation en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˌvɪzɪˈteɪʃən/
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman visitacioun, from Old French visitacion, from Latin vīsitātiō. By surface analysis, visit + -ation.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The act of visiting, or an instance of being visited.
Existing visitor facilities for both frontcountry areas experience crowding during the summer season, when the park receives most of its visitation, […]
1995, United States. National Park Service. Denver Service Center, Draft, Frontcountry Development Concept Plan, page I:Such abundance must be laid out on superfluous recreations, buildings, ornaments, furniture, equipage, attendants, entertainments, visitations, braveries, and a world of need-nots […]
2007, Baxter's Practical Works, Volume 1: A Sum of Practical Theology, and Cases ...:
- (countable, uncountable) An official visit to inspect or examine something.
- (countable, uncountable) An encounter with aliens or supernatural beings such as ghosts.
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(countable, uncountable) An affliction or disaster attributed to destiny, or to God.
But when the blow comes down in the fulness of expectation; when the bough is smitten while green, and the flower cut down in its spring; when the young and lovely perish, while the eyes, full of light, were fixed on the future,—then, indeed, is the visitation heavy to bear.
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter IX, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 81:
- (countable, uncountable) The right of a separated or divorced parent to visit a child; access.
- (countable, uncountable) A punishment or blessing ordained by God.
- (countable, uncountable) An unusual and extensive irruption of a species of animals into another region.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| visitations | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
conjugal visitation · previsitation · visitational · Nun of the Visitation · revisitation · intervisitation · nonvisitation
Translations (45)
hu szemle (official visit) · nl omgangsrecht (right to see one's child) · el επίσκεψη (official visit) · ka წვევა (act of visiting) · el επίσκεψη (punishment or blessing ordained by God) · hu látogatás (act of visiting) · bg визита (official visit) · bg посещение (act of visiting) · fi vierailu (act of visiting) · hu ítélet (punishment or blessing ordained by God) · fi etsikko (God or his envoy) (encounter with supernatural beings) · sv visit (official visit) · hu láthatás (right to see one's child) · ka ვიზიტი (act of visiting) · fi tapaamisoikeus (right to see one's child) · pl wizytowanie (act of visiting) · hu hivatalos látogatás (official visit) · fi kohtaaminen (encounter with supernatural beings) · sv visit (act of visiting) · el δικαίωμα επίσκεψης (right to see one's child) · ota زیارت (act of visiting) · hu csapás (punishment or blessing ordained by God) · de Besuch (act of visiting) · hu vizsgálat (official visit) · got 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌷𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (official visit) · it diritto di visita (right to see one's child) · de Erscheinung (encounter with supernatural beings) · ka ნახვა (act of visiting) · ota زیارت (official visit) · hu kapcsolattartás (right to see one's child) · fr droit de visite (right to see one's child) · hu iskolalátogatás (official visit) · fi vierailu (official visit) · pl wizytacja (act of visiting) · pl wizytacja (official visit) · es visitación (act of visiting) · pl nawiedzenie (punishment or blessing ordained by God) · de Umgangsrecht (right to see one's child) · el επίσκεψη (act of visiting) · pl zwizytowanie (act of visiting) · ka ვიზიტი (official visit) · bg изпитание (punishment or blessing ordained by God) · de Visite (official visit) · hu megtekintés (official visit) · de Begegnung (encounter with supernatural beings)