visitation

  • 1Visitation — (lat. visitare „besuchen“) heißt in vielen Gerichts , Kirchen und Ordensverfassungen der Besuch eines Oberen mit Aufsichtsbefugnis zum Zweck der Bestandsaufnahme und Normenkontrolle. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Römisch katholische Kirche 1.1… …

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  • 2visitation — [ vizitasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1611; « visite » XIIe; lat. ecclés. visitatio ♦ Relig. cathol. Visite que fit la Sainte Vierge à sainte Élisabeth, alors enceinte de saint Jean Baptiste; fête commémorant cet événement (le 31 mai). Par ext. Tableau… …

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  • 3Visitation — Vis it*a tion, n. [L. visitatio: cf. F. visitation.] 1. The act of visiting, or the state of being visited; access for inspection or examination. [1913 Webster] Nothing but peace and gentle visitation. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Specifically: The… …

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  • 4Visitation — may refer to: In law:* In United States Law, the term for the right of a non custodial parent to visit with their children, elsewhere known as Contact (law)* An official visit, usually for purposes of inspection, and the record of that visit.… …

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  • 5visitation — vis·i·ta·tion /ˌvi zə tā shən/ n 1: an official visit (as for inspection) visitation of the home of a neglected child 2: access to a child granted esp. to a parent who does not have custody supervised visitation visitation rights …

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  • 6visitation — Visitation. s. f. v. Il n est en usage qu en cette phrase. La visitation de la Vierge. la feste de la visitation, Instituée en memoire de ce que la sainte Vierge visita sainte Elisabeth sa cousine. Il y a un Ordre de Religieuses qu on appelle l… …

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  • 7visitation — once a formal word for visit, is now largely confined to special meanings such as official visits of inspection and an affliction attributed to some supernatural agency or other. In AmE visitation also refers to the right granted by a court to a… …

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  • 8visitation — Visitation, Visitatio. Hantement de gens, ou visitation et assemblement d hommes, Congresþsus …

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  • 9visitation — ► NOUN 1) an official or formal visit. 2) the appearance of a divine or supernatural being. 3) US Law a divorced person s right to spend time with their children in the custody of a former spouse. 4) a disaster or difficulty regarded as a divine… …

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  • 10visitation — [viz΄ə tā′shən] n. [OFr < L visitatio] 1. the act or an instance of visiting; esp., an official visit to inspect or examine, as that made by a bishop to a church in his diocese 2. a visiting of reward or, esp., punishment, as by God 3. any… …

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