visitation meaning and definition

VISITATION noun

Definition of visitation (noun)

1. 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"
   • synonyms: trial, tribulation
2. any disaster or catastrophe
   • "a visitation of the plague"
3. 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"