(viz′ə·tā′shən) noun
1. The act or fact of visiting; a visit: also, the state or circumstance of being visited.
2. The visit of a bishop to his diocese; an official or authoritative inspection and examination of a foundation, institution, or establishment to set affairs to rights, correct abuses, enforce laws or rules, etc.
3. In Biblical and religious use, a visit of blessing or affliction: a blessed visitation from on high; a dreadful visitation of famine.
4. Obs. The purpose or object of a visit.
5. The resorting of birds or animals to unusual places. See synonyms under MISFORTUNE.
—vis′i·ta′tion·al adjective

(viz′ə·tā′shən) noun
A religious festival held on July 2 in honor of the visit of the Virgin Mary to Elizabeth. Luke i 40.