Standard Lemma guide

visitation

name · noun · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˌvɪzɪˈteɪʃən/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪʃən
  • CMU ARPABET: V IH2 Z IH0 T EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: Christianity

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

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3

noun

Meaning 3

An official visit to inspect or examine something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

An encounter with aliens or supernatural beings such as ghosts.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: law

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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7

noun

Meaning 7

A punishment or blessing ordained by God.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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8

noun

Meaning 8

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: biology, ecology, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

an official visit for inspection or supervision

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the commissioner made visitations to all the precinct stations
  • the recent visitation of the bishop to his diocese

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: visit

10

noun

Meaning 10

any disaster or catastrophe

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a visitation of the plague

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm

11

noun

Meaning 11

an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • his mother-in-law's visits were a great trial for him
  • life is full of tribulations
  • a visitation of the plague

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: trial, tribulation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: affliction

Narrower terms: fire

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: посещение (poseštenie) — act of visiting
  • Finnish: vierailu — act of visiting
  • Georgian: ნახვა (naxva) — act of visiting
  • Georgian: ვიზიტი (viziṭi) — act of visiting
  • Georgian: წვევა (c̣veva) — act of visiting
  • German: Besuch — act of visiting
  • Greek: επίσκεψη (epískepsi) — act of visiting
  • Hungarian: látogatás — act of visiting
  • Polish: wizytacja — act of visiting
  • Polish: wizytowanie — act of visiting
  • Polish: zwizytowanie — act of visiting
  • Spanish: visitación — act of visiting
  • Swedish: visit — act of visiting
  • Ottoman Turkish: زیارت (ziyâret) — act of visiting
  • Bulgarian: визита (vizita) — official visit
  • Finnish: vierailu — official visit
  • Georgian: ვიზიტი (viziṭi) — official visit
  • German: Visite — official visit
  • Gothic: 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌷𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (niuhseins) — official visit
  • Greek: επίσκεψη (epískepsi) — official visit
  • Hungarian: hivatalos látogatás — official visit
  • Hungarian: szemle — official visit
  • Hungarian: megtekintés — official visit
  • Hungarian: vizsgálat — official visit
  • Hungarian: iskolalátogatás — official visit
  • Polish: wizytacja — official visit
  • Swedish: visit — official visit
  • Ottoman Turkish: زیارت (ziyâret) — official visit
  • Finnish: etsikko (God or his envoy) — encounter with supernatural beings
  • Finnish: kohtaaminen — encounter with supernatural beings
  • German: Begegnung — encounter with supernatural beings
  • German: Erscheinung — encounter with supernatural beings
  • Dutch: omgangsrecht — right to see one's child
  • Finnish: tapaamisoikeus — right to see one's child
  • French: droit de visite — right to see one's child
  • German: Umgangsrecht — right to see one's child
  • Greek: δικαίωμα επίσκεψης (dikaíoma epískepsis) — right to see one's child
  • Hungarian: láthatás — right to see one's child
  • Hungarian: kapcsolattartás — right to see one's child
  • Italian: diritto di visita — right to see one's child
  • Bulgarian: изпитание (izpitanie) — punishment or blessing ordained by God
  • Greek: επίσκεψη (epískepsi) — punishment or blessing ordained by God
  • Hungarian: ítélet — punishment or blessing ordained by God
  • Hungarian: csapás — punishment or blessing ordained by God
  • Polish: nawiedzenie — punishment or blessing ordained by God
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