Definition of "visita" []

• In the Philippine Islands, a village or hamlet which is without a priest, and depends on the visits of a neighboring priest for religious ministrations. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "A visita was a much dreaded measure, and for very good reasons."
• "The investigation in the West Indies was not called a visita at the time, but such it was in fact."
• "The visita was a mode of procedure employed by the Spanish monarchs for the adjustment of critical matters, chiefly in the colonies."