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Another word for visitation

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Noun

  1. An act or an instance of going or coming to see another

    See also:

    seek

  2. A state of pain or anguish that tests one's resiliency and character

      1. Great affliction, trial, or distress; suffering:
      2. An experience that tests one's endurance, patience, or faith.
      1. A proceeding in which opposing parties in a dispute present evidence and make arguments on the application of the law before a judge or jury:
      2. An instance of such a proceeding:
      3. The act or process of testing, trying, or putting to the proof:
      1. A difficult or painful experience, especially one that severely tests character or endurance.
      2. A method of trial in which the accused was subjected to pain or danger as a means of invoking God's intercession, with the outcome regarded as revealing a divine determination of guilt or innocence.
      1. A vessel made of a refractory substance such as graphite or porcelain, used for melting and calcining materials at high temperatures.
      2. An extremely difficult experience or situation; a severe test or trial:
      3. A place, time, or situation in which different social forces or intellectual influences come together and cause new developments:
    See also:

    easy

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Another word for visitation

Noun

  1. An affliction

      1. The condition of being sick; illness.
      2. A disease; a malady.
      3. Nausea.
      1. Mental suffering caused by loss, disappointment, or misfortune, or an instance of this:
      2. A source or cause of sorrow; a misfortune:
      3. Expression of sorrow, or an instance of this:
      1. An unpleasant feeling occurring as a result of injury or disease, usually localized in some part of the body:
      2. Bodily suffering characterized by such feelings:
      3. Mental or emotional suffering; distress.
      1. To cause strain, anxiety, or suffering to.
      2. To mar or otherwise treat (an object or fabric, for example) to give the appearance of an antique or of heavy prior use.
      3. To constrain or overcome by harassment.
      1. Bad fortune or ill luck.
      2. The condition resulting from bad fortune or ill luck:
      3. A distressing occurrence:
      1. A state of hardship or affliction; misfortune.
      2. A calamitous event.
      1. A state of distress, affliction, difficulty, or need:
      2. A distressing or difficult circumstance or situation:
      3. A cause or source of distress, disturbance, or difficulty:
      1. An event that brings terrible loss, lasting distress, or severe affliction; a disaster:
      2. Dire distress resulting from loss or tragedy.
    See also:

    difficulty

  2. A visit

    See also:

    visiting

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Sentence Examples

  • The visitation was a failure.

  • This was the last and most tremendous visitation of the Assyrian scourge.

  • Peckham's main instrument was a minute system of "visitation," which he used with a frequency hitherto unknown.

  • The preparations for the coronation of King James were interrupted by a severe visitation of the plague, which killed off as many as 30,578 persons, and it was not till March 25, 1604, that the king, the queen and Prince Henry passed triumphantly from the Tower to Westminster.

  • and caused havoc amongst the divisions in the Suvla area, which was particularly exposed to the elements; this visitation augmented the numbers in hospital by several thousands.

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