Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun visitation

3 senses of visitation

Sense 1
trial, tribulation, visitation -- (an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event; "his mother-in-law's visits were a great trial for him"; "life is full of tribulations"; "a visitation of the plague")
       => affliction -- (a cause of great suffering and distress)

Sense 2
visitation -- (any disaster or catastrophe; "a visitation of the plague")
       => calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm -- (an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster")

Sense 3
visitation -- (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")
       => visit -- (the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time; "he dropped by for a visit")