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countable and uncountable, plural visitations
The act of visiting, or an instance of being visited. quotations examples
Existing visitor facilities for both frontcountry areas experience crowding during the summer season, when the park receives most of its visitation, […]
1995, United States. National Park Service. Denver Service Center, Draft, Frontcountry Development Concept Plan, page I
An official visit to inspect or examine something. examples
An encounter with supernatural beings such as ghosts or aliens. examples
An affliction or disaster attributed to destiny, or to God. quotations examples
But when the blow comes down in the fulness of expectation; when the bough is smitten while green, and the flower cut down in its spring; when the young and lovely perish, while the eyes, full of light, were fixed on the future,—then, indeed, is the visitation heavy to bear.
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter IX, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), page 81
(law) The right of a separated or divorced parent to visit a child; access. examples
A punishment or blessing ordained by God. examples
(ecology) An unusual and extensive irruption of a species of animals into another region.