1. (noun)trial, tribulation, visitation 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"
2. (noun)visitation any disaster or catastrophe "a visitation of the plague"
3. (noun)visitation an officialvisit for inspection or supervision "the commissioner made visitations to all the precinct stations"; "the recent visitation of the bishop to his diocese"
2. (noun)visitation specifically: The act of a superior or superintending officer who, in the discharge of his office, visits a corporation, college, etc., to examine into the manner in which it is conducted, and see that its laws and regulations are duly observed and executed; as, the visitation of a diocese by a bishop
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