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visitation

DEFINITIONS OF: visitation

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n an official visit for inspection or supervision

“the commissioner made visitations to all the precinct stations”
“the recent visitation of the bishop to his diocese”
Type of:
visit
the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time

n any disaster or catastrophe

“a visitation of the plague”
Type of:
calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

n an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event

“a visitation of the plague”
Synonyms:
trial, tribulation
Types:
fire
a severe trial
Type of:
affliction
a cause of great suffering and distress
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