Antonyms for visitation
| 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
- 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
Synonyms for visitation
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