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visitation

noun

ˌvi-zə-ˈtā-shən

Definition of visitation

as in visit

a coming to see another briefly for social or business reasons the pastor and curate could hardly express how honored they were to receive this visitation from the bishop

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Recent Examples of visitation Goth is seeking primary legal and physical custody of the 4-year-old, with visitation rights for LaBeouf. — ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026 Normal inmate visitation would need to resume first, for example, and the COVID-19 vaccine would have to be available to everyone. — Thomas Lake, AJC.com, 7 Oct. 2026 Ironically, visitation exposes the work to a whole other set of risks, since, without supervision, the sections could be subjected—and, indeed, have been—to damage. — Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026 Sari was given 10 minutes in a visitation room to break the news about Samuel’s death to her mother. — Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for visitation

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Luigi Carbone, Pope Leo XIV's physician, said the pontiff's recovery from lung cancer surgery won't stop plans for a visit to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru involving a dozen flights and two helicopter rides to high altitudes.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
The incumbent senator acknowledged in a recent interview that the president’s visits to Kansas were vital to his reelection campaign.

— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 27 Oct. 2026

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