visitation
/ˌvɪzɪˈteɪʃən/ noun C2- The act of visiting, or an instance of being visited.
- An official visit to inspect or examine something.
- An encounter with aliens or supernatural beings such as ghosts.
- An affliction or disaster attributed to destiny, or to God.
- The right of a separated or divorced parent to visit a child; access.
- A punishment or blessing ordained by God.
- An unusual and extensive irruption of a species of animals into another region.
Plural visitations
From the library
“I guess you’re feeling pretty tired and hungry,” Matthew ventured to say at last, accounting for her long visitation of dumbness with the only reason he could think of.
Rachel was not often sick and had a well-defined contempt for people who were; but grippe, she asserted, was like no other illness on earth and could only be interpreted as one of the special visitations of Providence.
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