visitation
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8.2
- noun
- /ˌvɪzɪˈteɪʃən/
- Archaic
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- After the flood, the community saw it as a visitation of nature's wrath, resulting from years of neglecting the environment.
They did not want any outsiders to go there because they felt like it had been a visitation from the fire God Agdi.
- They did not want any outsiders to go there because they felt like it had been a visitation from the fire God Agdi.
- Then came the visitations, ghostly face sheathed in the wrinkled visage of an old man.
Examples
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I would... desire greatly for a visitation of the Holy Spirit in power when I preach, when I speak... as I would desire for any preacher of God's word, in any part of the world.
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1858, a French girl named Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have had a series of visitations from the Blessed Virgin in a grotto outside the town of Lourdes.
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Did you have a visitation from God?
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A visitation like that is not something that happens to just anybody.
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Instead of seeing Santa and the Christmas lights, I went to a visitation and a funeral.
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This disease of ours it is not a visitation for our past sins but an illness, yes?
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A particularly gloomy, foggy night... that was well suited for a visitation by the supernatural.
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They did not want any outsiders to go there because they felt like it had been a visitation from the fire God Agdi.
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Breakfast with Astrid had lessened the impact of the latest visitation of the recurring dream.
Fiction book (2000) -
Many believe that a severe illness can be a visitation from a higher power, serving as a punishment for wrongdoings.
Synonyms
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1.0
A sudden event that causes great damage, loss, or failure
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3.0
A very sad event that causes much suffering and loss
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7.0
A sudden terrible event that causes great damage and suffering
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9.1
A time of great trouble and suffering
Antonyms
Compounds
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9.3
A private visit in prison where a person sees their spouse for sexual contact
Permission for a prisoner to have private visits with their spouse for sex
How Severe
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Visitation comes from the Latin visitare, 'to go and see', but people long ago also used it for a visit by God or fate that brought trouble, so a 'visitation' can mean a disaster that people saw as an unwanted or punishing visit.