Visitation
- Visitation
- Visitation Vis`it*a"tion, n. [L. visitatio: cf. F.
visitation.]
1. The act of visiting, or the state of being visited; access
for inspection or examination.
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Nothing but peace and gentle visitation. --Shak.
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2. Specifically: The act of a superior or superintending
officer who, in the discharge of his office, visits a
corporation, college, etc., to examine into the manner in
which it is conducted, and see that its laws and
regulations are duly observed and executed; as, the
visitation of a diocese by a bishop.
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3. The object of a visit. [Obs.] ``O flowers, . . . my early
visitation and my last.'' --Milton.
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4. (Internat. Law) The act of a naval commander who visits,
or enters on board, a vessel belonging to another nation,
for the purpose of ascertaining her character and object,
but without claiming or exercising a right of searching
the vessel. It is, however, usually coupled with the right
of search (see under {Search}), visitation being used for
the purpose of search.
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5. Special dispensation; communication of divine favor and
goodness, or, more usually, of divine wrath and vengeance;
retributive calamity; retribution; judgment.
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What will ye do in the day of visitation? --Isa. x.
3.
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6. (Eccl.) A festival in honor of the visit of the Virgin
Mary to Elisabeth, mother of John the Baptist, celebrated
on the second of July.
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{The Order of the Visitation of Our Lady} (R. C. Ch.), a
religious community of nuns, founded at Annecy, in Savoy,
in 1610, and in 1808 established in the United States. In
America these nuns are devoted to the education of girls.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
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Visitation — (lat. visitare „besuchen“) heißt in vielen Gerichts , Kirchen und Ordensverfassungen der Besuch eines Oberen mit Aufsichtsbefugnis zum Zweck der Bestandsaufnahme und Normenkontrolle. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Römisch katholische Kirche 1.1… … Deutsch Wikipedia
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Visitation — may refer to: In law:* In United States Law, the term for the right of a non custodial parent to visit with their children, elsewhere known as Contact (law)* An official visit, usually for purposes of inspection, and the record of that visit.… … Wikipedia
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visitation — Visitation. s. f. v. Il n est en usage qu en cette phrase. La visitation de la Vierge. la feste de la visitation, Instituée en memoire de ce que la sainte Vierge visita sainte Elisabeth sa cousine. Il y a un Ordre de Religieuses qu on appelle l… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
visitation — once a formal word for visit, is now largely confined to special meanings such as official visits of inspection and an affliction attributed to some supernatural agency or other. In AmE visitation also refers to the right granted by a court to a… … Modern English usage
visitation — Visitation, Visitatio. Hantement de gens, ou visitation et assemblement d hommes, Congresþsus … Thresor de la langue françoyse
visitation — ► NOUN 1) an official or formal visit. 2) the appearance of a divine or supernatural being. 3) US Law a divorced person s right to spend time with their children in the custody of a former spouse. 4) a disaster or difficulty regarded as a divine… … English terms dictionary
visitation — [viz΄ə tā′shən] n. [OFr < L visitatio] 1. the act or an instance of visiting; esp., an official visit to inspect or examine, as that made by a bishop to a church in his diocese 2. a visiting of reward or, esp., punishment, as by God 3. any… … English World dictionary
Visitation — (v. lat.), 1) die genaue Untersuchung einer Sache od. Person, daher z.B. die Untersuchung, welche mit der Person eines Gefangenen bei dessen Einlieferung in ein Gefangenhaus stattfindet, od. die Untersuchung aller verdächtiger Orte u. Gegenstände … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
