Definition of "visitation" []

• The act or an instance of visiting or an instance of being visited: rules governing visitation at a prison. (noun)
• An official visit for the purpose of inspection or examination, as of a bishop to a diocese. (noun)
• The right of a parent to visit a child as specified in a divorce or separation order. (noun)
• A visit of punishment or affliction or of comfort and blessing regarded as being ordained by God. (noun)
• A calamitous event or experience; a grave misfortune. (noun)

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• ""To visitation of the impassive air," is a sonorous verse; but it is not Dante's verse, unless _all detached_ means _on every side is open to visitation_, and _impassive air_ means"
• "He closed his eyes, as if the word visitation pained him."
• "Koziol said the term visitation itself is an insult to the relationship parents have with their children."