Visitation

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Middle English: from Old French, or from late Latin visitatio(n- ), from the verb visitare (see visit).

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From Anglo-Norman visitacioun, from Old French visitacion, from Latin vīsitātiō.

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visitation (n.)

c. 1300, "a visit by an ecclesiastical representative to examine the condition of a parish, abbey, etc.," from Anglo-French visitacioun, Old French visitacion and directly from Latin visitationem (nominative visitatio), noun of action from past participle stem of visitare (see visit (v.)). The supernatural sense of "a sight, apparition, a coming of God to a mortal" is attested from mid-14c.