visitation

(noun)

noun

1. an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event

- the visitation of a bully

Similar word(s): trial, tribulation

Definition categories: event, affliction

2. any disaster or catastrophe

- a visitation of the plague

Definition categories: event, calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy

3. an official visit for inspection or supervision

- the commissioner made visitations to all the precinct stations

- the recent visitation of the bishop to his diocese

Definition categories: act, visit