visitation

See also: Visitation

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Anglo-Norman visitacioun, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French visitacion, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin vīsitātiō.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

visitation (countable and uncountable, plural visitations)

1. The act of visiting, or an instance of being visited.
2. An official visit to inspect or examine something.
3. An encounter with supernatural beings such as ghosts or aliens.
4. The right of a separated or divorced parent to visit a child; access.
5. A punishment or blessing ordained by God.
6. (ecology) An unusual and extensive irruption of a species of animals into another region.

Translations

act of visiting

• Finnish: vierailu (fi)
• Georgian: ნახვა (naxva), ვიზიტი (viziṭi), წვევა (c̣veva)
• Greek: επίσκεψη (el) f (epískepsi)
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• Polish: wizytacja f
• Swedish: visit (sv)

official visit

• Finnish: vierailu (fi)
• Georgian: ვიზიტი (viziṭi)
• Greek: επίσκεψη (el) f (epískepsi)
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• Swedish: visit (sv)

encounter with supernatural beings

• Finnish: etsikko (God or his envoy), kohtaaminen (fi) (ghost, alien etc.)
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right to see one's child

• Dutch: omgangsrecht n
• Finnish: tapaamisoikeus
• French: droit de visite m
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• German: Umgangsrecht n
• Greek: δικαίωμα επίσκεψης n (dikaíoma epískepsis)
• Italian: diritto di visita m

punishment or blessing ordained by God

• Greek: επίσκεψη (el) f (epískepsi)
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• Polish: nawiedzenie n

Anagrams

• vitiations

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Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vīsitātiō.

Noun

visitation oblique singular, f (oblique plural visitations, nominative singular visitation, nominative plural visitations)

1. visitation (act of visiting)
2. visitation (visit in order to inspect something)
3. visitation (supernatural encounter)

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (visitation, supplement)
• visitation on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub