Visitation
WordNet
noun
(1) An official visit for inspection or supervision
"The commissioner made visitations to all the precinct stations"
"The recent visitation of the bishop to his diocese"
(2) Any disaster or catastrophe
"A visitation of the plague"
(3) An annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event
"His mother-in-law's visits were a great trial for him"
"Life is full of tribulations"
"A visitation of the plague"
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Proper noun
- (Roman Catholic Church) the visit of the Virgin Mary to her cousin Elizabeth; the commemoration of this on 31st May