| 单词 | visitation |
| 释义 | visitation —visitational, adj. /viz'i tay"sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of visiting. 2. a formal visit, as one permitted by a court's granting of visitation rights or by parents invited to a school to observe the work of students. 3. a visit for the purpose of making an official examination or inspection, as of a bishop to a diocese. 4. (usually cap.) the visit of the Virgin Mary to her cousin Elizabeth. Luke 1:36-56. 5. (cap.) a church festival, held on July 2, in commemoration of this visit. 6. the administration of comfort or aid, or of affliction or punishment: a visitation of the plague. 7. an affliction or punishment, as from God. 8. the appearance or coming of a supernatural influence or spirit. [1275-1325; < L visitation- (s. of visitatio), equiv. to visitat(us) (ptp. of visitare; see VISIT, -ATE1) + -ion- -ION; r. ME visitacioun < AF < L, as above] |
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