visitation

/,vizi'teiʃn/

Thân thiện

The bishop makes a formal visitation to the local church.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • An official visit for inspection or supervision: A formal visit, often by someone in authority, to examine, oversee, or assess a situation or place.
   • Any disaster or catastrophe: An event causing great suffering, damage, or loss, often perceived as a divine punishment or severe misfortune.
   • An annoying or frustrating event: A troublesome or trying experience, especially one involving an unwelcome or prolonged visit from someone.

Examples of Usage

• Noun (Official Visit):
  • The bishop's annual visitation to the parishes is scheduled for May.
  • The health department conducts regular visitations to ensure restaurant compliance.
• Noun (Disaster/Catastrophe):
  • The famine was seen as a visitation upon the land.
  • The village never recovered from the visitation of the plague.
• Noun (Annoying Event):
  • My aunt's lengthy visitations always leave me exhausted.
  • Dealing with the bureaucracy felt like a visitation of petty troubles.

Advanced Usage

• "Visitation rights": The legally granted right of a non-custodial parent or other individual to visit a child.
  • The court order defined his visitation rights with his daughter.
• "By visitation of God": An archaic phrase meaning by divine intervention or punishment.
  • The chronicle recorded that the king died by visitation of God.

Variants and Related Words

• Visit (verb/noun): To go to see a person or place; an act of visiting.
  • We will visit the museum tomorrow.
• Visitor (noun): A person who visits.
  • The hospital has strict rules for visitors.

Synonyms

• Inspection: A formal examination or review.
• Calamity: An event causing great and often sudden damage or distress.
• Ordeal: A painful or horrific experience.

Related Phrases

• Visitation hours: The designated times when visitors are allowed.
  • Visitation hours at the prison are from 1 to 3 p.m.

Related Idioms

• A visitation of mercy/grace: (Less common) An event seen as a special blessing or divine favor.
  • The timely rain was a visitation of mercy for the farmers.

Học thuật

Noun

1. 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
2. any disaster or catastrophe
   • a visitation of the plague
3. an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event
   • his mother-in-law's visits were a great trial for him
   • life is full of tribulations
   • a visitation of the plague

Từ đồng nghĩa

• trial
• tribulation