Visitation
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Visitation may refer to:
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In history:
- Heraldic visitationHeraldic visitationHeraldic Visitations were tours of inspection undertaken by Kings of Arms in England, Wales and Ireland in order to regulate and register the coats of arms of nobility and gentry and boroughs, and to record pedigrees...
, tours of inspection to establish the right of a person to bear arms, and are used today in genealogical research.
In law:
- Contact (law)Contact (law)In family law, contact is one of the general terms which denotes the level of contact a parent or other significant person in a child's life can have with that child...
or visitation (United States), the right of a non-custodial parent to visit with their children
In popular culture:
- The Visitation (book)The Visitation (book)The Visitation is a 1999 contemporary Christian novel by Frank Peretti. Taking place in the fictional wheat town of Antioch, located in eastern Washington, The Visitation is told in first-person narrative by the protagonist, a former minister named Travis Jordan who struggles to reconcile his...
, a 1999 contemporary Christian novel by Frank Peretti - The Visitation (film)The Visitation (film)The Visitation is a 2006 supernatural dramatic thriller based on Frank Peretti's novel of the same name. The Robby Henson-directed film features a cast that includes Kelly Lynch, Edward Furlong, Priscilla Barnes and Martin Donovan.- Plot :...
, a 2006 film based upon the above book
In religion:
- Visitation (Christianity), a Christian liturgical feast day commemorating the visit of the Blessed Virgin Mary to St. Elizabeth
- Canonical VisitationCanonical VisitationA canonical visitation is the act of an ecclesiastical superior who in the discharge of his office visits persons or places with a view of maintaining faith and discipline, and of correcting abuses by the application of proper remedies.-Catholic usage:...
, an inspection made by a clergyman authorised under (Catholic) canon law - Funeral Visitation, a funeral custom where a mourner visits the deceased person's family and views the body lying in the casket, either at a funeral home or church
- Tablet of VisitationTablet of VisitationTablets of Visitation refers to specific prayers used in the Bahá'í Faith while visiting the shrines of its founders or martyrs.The Báb, Bahá'u'lláh and `Abdu'l-Bahá wrote many Tablets of Visitation...
, (or ZiyaratZiyaratZiyārah is an Arabic term literally means "visit", used to refer to a pilgrimage to sites associated with Muhammad, his family members and descendants , his companions, or other venerated figures in Islām, such as the Prophets, Sufi saints and Islāmic scholars...
) the specific prayers used in Islam and the Bahá'í Faith while visiting the shrines of its founders, saints or martyrs - Order of the Visitation of Holy MaryOrder of the Visitation of Holy MaryThe Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary or the Visitation Order is a Roman Catholic religious order for women. Members of the order are also known as Filles de Sainte-Marie, Visitandines, Salesian Sisters and, more commonly, Visitationists.- History of the order :The Order was founded in 1610 by...
Other:
- Supernatural VisitationApparitional experienceIn psychology and parapsychology, an apparitional experience is an anomalous, quasi-perceptual experience.It is characterized by the apparent perception of either a living being or an inanimate object without there being any material stimulus for such a perception...
, an experience of presence or communication between the recently deceased and their spouse or progeny