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Grammar : Noun
Spell : viz-i-tey-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˌvɪz ɪˈteɪ ʃən



Definition of visitation

Origin :
  • c.1300, "a visit by an ecclesiastical representative to examine the condition of a parish, abbey, etc.," from Latin visitationem (nominative visitatio), noun of action from past participle stem of visitare (see visit). The supernatural sense of "a sight, appearance" is attested from mid-14c.
  • noun visit
  • noun affliction
Example sentences :
  • It seems just like a visitation of divine wrath the way things happen.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • I hope that this visitation has come just in time to save us.
  • Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby
  • He could not any longer put away the solemn duty of visitation.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
  • Remember this in the days of visitation, and follow Christ, no matter where He leads.
  • Extract from : « The Prodigal Returns » by Lilian Staveley
  • These are surely the days of visitation for the pride of Edom.
  • Extract from : « Journal of a Residence at Bagdad » by Anthony Groves
  • And yet what security is afforded by a present abatement of the visitation?
  • Extract from : « Journal of a Residence at Bagdad » by Anthony Groves
  • The Bishop told me he supposed he should have to make a visitation through it.
  • Extract from : « Six Letters From the Colonies » by Robert Seaton
  • He was mostly passive, like an Æolian harp, under the visitation.
  • Extract from : « Irish Fairy Tales » by Edmond Leamy
  • It was a long time before I could bring myself to believe in this—this visitation.
  • Extract from : « End of the Tether » by Joseph Conrad
  • Instead of rivets there came an invasion, an infliction, a visitation.
  • Extract from : « Heart of Darkness » by Joseph Conrad

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