单词 | visitation |
释义 | vis·i·ta·tion ![]() n. 1. The action or an instance of visiting or an instance of being visited: rules governing visitation at a prison. 2. An official visit for the purpose of inspection or examination, as of a bishop to a diocese. 3. The provision made for a parent to spend time with a child who is in the physical custody of another. 4. A gathering of people in remembrance of a deceased person, especially in the presence of the body at a funeral home. 5. a. An inflicting of punishment or affliction or a dispensation of comfort and blessing regarded as being ordained by God. b. A calamitous event or experience; a grave misfortune: a visitation of an epidemic. 6. The appearance or arrival of a supernatural being. 7. Visitation Roman Catholic Church a. The visit of the Virgin Mary to her cousin Elizabeth. b. May 31, observed in commemoration of this event. vis′i·tation·al adj. |
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