visitation
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plural
visitations
plural
visitations
Britannica Dictionary definition of VISITATION
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law
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the act of visiting your children or the right to visit your children after you are divorced and while they are living with their other parent
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supervised visitation
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He has visitation rights on the weekends.
2
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formal
:
an official visit by an important person especially to look at or inspect something
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the visitation of a diocese by a bishop
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US
:
a time before a dead person is buried when people may view the body
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Visitation is from 8:00 to 10:00 a.m.
4
:
an occurrence when something supernatural (such as a ghost or an angel) appears to someone
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ghostly visitations
[noncount]
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visitation by ghosts
5
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formal + old-fashioned
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a bad thing that happens and is believed to be punishment from God
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a visitation of the plague upon the city
