Anagram Solver
Scrabble Word Finder & Unscrambler
Showing words for VISITATION using the English dictionary
10 Letter Words for Visitation
9 Letter Words for Visitation
8 Letter Words for Visitation
7 Letter Words for Visitation
6 Letter Words for Visitation
5 Letter Words for Visitation
4 Letter Words for Visitation
3 Letter Words for Visitation
Definitions for Visitation
[1] the act of visiting.
[2] a formal visit, as one permitted by a court's granting of visitation rights or by parents invited to a school to observe the work of students.
[3] a visit for the purpose of making an official examination or inspection, as of a bishop to a diocese.
[4] (usually initial capital letter ) the visit of the Virgin Mary to her cousin Elizabeth. Luke 1:36–56.
[5] (initial capital letter ) a church festival, held on July 2, in commemoration of this visit.
[6] the administration of comfort or aid, or of affliction or punishment: a visitation of the plague.
[7] an affliction or punishment, as from God.
[8] the appearance or coming of a supernatural influence or spirit.
[9] an official call or visit for the purpose of inspecting or examining an institution, esp such a visit made by a bishop to his diocese
[10] a visiting of punishment or reward from heaven
[11] any disaster or catastrophe a visitation of the plague
[12] an appearance or arrival of a supernatural being
[13] any call or visit
[14] informal an unduly prolonged social call
[15] the visit made by the Virgin Mary to her cousin Elizabeth (Luke 1:39–56) the Church festival commemorating this, held on July 2
[16] a religious order of nuns, the Order of the Visitation, founded in 1610 by St Francis of Sales and dedicated to contemplation and the cultivation of humility, gentleness, and sisterly love
Words related to Visitation
call, visiting, retribution, distress, disaster, ordeal, calamity, pain, trouble, punishment, adversity, catastrophe
Words nearby Visitation
visionary, visioned, visit, visitable, visitant, visitation, visitation rights, visitatorial, visiting card, visiting fireman, visiting nurse
Origin of Visitation
1275–1325; < Latin vīsitātiōn- (stem of vīsitātiō ), equivalent to vīsitāt(us ) (past participle of vīsitāre; see visit, -ate1) + -iōn- -ion; replacing Middle English visitacioun < Anglo-French < Latin, as above
Words that may be confused with Visitation
Other words from Visitation
vis·it·a·tion·al , adjective
in·ter·vis·it·a·tion , noun
re·vis·it·a·tion , noun