visitation
- IPA[ˌvizəˈtāSHən]
美式
- (in church use) an official visit of inspection, especially one by a bishop to a church in the bishop's diocese.;the appearance of a divine or supernatural being.
noun: visitation, plural noun: visitations
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. (in church use) an official visit of inspection, especially one by a bishop to a church in the bishop's diocese. 同義詞
- 2. the appearance of a divine or supernatural being. 同義詞
- 3. US a gathering with the family of a deceased person before the funeral.
- 4. a divorced person's right to spend time with their children in the custody of a former spouse.
- 5. a disaster or difficulty regarded as a divine punishment a visitation of the plague 同義詞 反義詞
- 6. the visit of the Virgin Mary to Elizabeth related in Luke 1:39–56.
- ▪ the festival commemorating the Visitation on May 31 (formerly July 2).