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
There was no big last-minute surge before the visitation ended at 6 a.m.
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Audra Melton, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Details about services and visitation have not yet been announced.
—Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 29 Dec. 2024
Then his remains will be moved to Washington where there will also be another public visitation.
—ABC News, 5 Jan. 2025
Ginger Murphy, deputy director of Indiana State Parks, told Axios that estimated visitation to state parks in fiscal year 2023 was 19.1 million, up from about 15.6 million in fiscal year 2013.
—John Frank, Axios, 6 Dec. 2024
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Audra Melton, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Details about services and visitation have not yet been announced.
—Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 29 Dec. 2024
Then his remains will be moved to Washington where there will also be another public visitation.
—ABC News, 5 Jan. 2025
Ginger Murphy, deputy director of Indiana State Parks, told Axios that estimated visitation to state parks in fiscal year 2023 was 19.1 million, up from about 15.6 million in fiscal year 2013.
—John Frank, Axios, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Visitation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/visitation. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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