vis·i·ta·tion 
(vĭz′ĭ-tāshən)
(vĭz′ĭ-tāshən)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.