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visitation

noun
/ˌvɪzɪˈteɪʃən/

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman visitacioun, from Old French visitacion, from Latin vīsitātiō. By surface analysis, visit + -ation.

  1. derived from vīsitātiō
  2. derived from visitacion
  3. derived from visitacioun

Definitions

  1. The act of visiting, or an instance of being visited.

    • Existing visitor facilities for both frontcountry areas experience crowding during the summer season, when the park receives most of its visitation, […]
    • Such abundance must be laid out on superfluous recreations, buildings, ornaments, furniture, equipage, attendants, entertainments, visitations, braveries, and a world of need-nots […]

  2. An official visit to inspect or examine something.

  3. An encounter with aliens or supernatural beings such as ghosts.

  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. An affliction or disaster attributed to destiny, or to God.

    2. The right of a separated or divorced parent to visit a child

      The right of a separated or divorced parent to visit a child; access.

    3. A punishment or blessing ordained by God.

    4. An unusual and extensive irruption of a species of animals into another region.

    5. The visit of the Virgin Mary to her cousin Elizabeth

      The visit of the Virgin Mary to her cousin Elizabeth; the commemoration of this on May 30th in Eastern Christianity or May 31st in Western Christianity.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for visitation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA