Visitation

Pronunciation: /vɪ.zɪ.teɪ.ʃən/

Definitions of visitation

noun the act of visiting, as for social, charitable, or business purposes

Example Sentences

A1 I went to the zoo for a visitation with my family.

A2 The visitation hours at the museum are from 9am to 5pm.

B1 During the visitation, the teacher explained the history of the ancient ruins.

B2 The visitation of the foreign delegation was a great success.

C1 The visitation of the royal family to the country was met with great excitement.

C2 The visitation of the CEO to the branch office was a rare occurrence.

Examples of visitation in a Sentence

formal The judge granted supervised visitation rights to the non-custodial parent.

informal I'm going to visit my grandma during her visitation hours at the nursing home.

slang Let's sneak in a quick visitation to the library before it closes.

figurative The artist's visitation to the museum sparked new inspiration for her next series of paintings.

Grammatical Forms of visitation

• past tense: visited
• plural: visitations
• comparative: more visitation
• superlative: most visitation
• present tense: visit
• future tense: will visit
• perfect tense: have visited
• continuous tense: is visiting
• singular: visitation
• positive degree: visit
• infinitive: to visit
• gerund: visiting
• participle: visited

Origin and Evolution of visitation

First Known Use: 1250 year

Language of Origin: Latin

Story behind the word: The word 'visitation' originated from the Latin word 'visitatio', which comes from the verb 'visitare' meaning 'to go to see'.

Evolution of the word: Originally used in a religious context to refer to the act of God visiting or punishing people, the word 'visitation' has evolved to also mean a formal visit or inspection by an official or dignitary, as well as a social visit.