Noun: visitation ,vi-zi'tey-shun
- 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"
- Any disaster or catastrophe
"a visitation of the plague"
- A supernatural encounter or divine appearance
"She claimed to have experienced a divine visitation"
- [informal] A visit, especially one that is lengthy or unwanted
"We endured another visitation from my aunt"
Derived forms: visitations
Type of: calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, visit
Encyclopedia: Visitation