Visitation Meaning
/ˌvɪzɪˈteɪʃən/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe act of visiting, or an instance of being visited.
nounAn official visit to inspect or examine something.
Sentence Examples
Sami was granted one hour of visitation with the children.
Sami arrived for his visitation day.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After the divorce, the father received ____ rights, not a denial.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The court granted him regular ____ rights so that he could spend several hours with his children every week today.
Word Origin & History
From Anglo-Norman visitacioun, from Old French visitacion, from Latin vīsitātiō. By surface analysis, visit + -ation.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Existing visitor facilities for both frontcountry areas experience crowding during the summer season, when the park receives most of its visitation, […]"
— 1995, United States. National Park Service. Denver Service Center, Draft, Frontcountry Development Concept Plan, page I:
"Such abundance must be laid out on superfluous recreations, buildings, ornaments, furniture, equipage, attendants, entertainments, visitations, braveries, and a world of need-nots […]"
— 2007, Baxter's Practical Works, Volume 1: A Sum of Practical Theology, and Cases ...:
"But when the blow comes down in the fulness of expectation; when the bough is smitten while green, and the flower cut down in its spring; when the young and lovely perish, while the eyes, full of light, were fixed on the future,—then, indeed, is the visitation heavy to bear."
— 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter IX, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 81:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After the divorce, the father received ____ rights, not a denial.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The court granted him regular ____ rights so that he could spend several hours with his children every week today.