visitation
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/viz'i tay"sheuhn/, n.
1. the act of visiting.
2. a formal visit, as one permitted by a court's granting of visitation rights or by parents invited to a school to observe the work of students.
3. a visit for the purpose of making an official examination or inspection, as of a bishop to a diocese.
4. (usually cap.) the visit of the Virgin Mary to her cousin Elizabeth. Luke 1:36-56.
5. (
cap.) a church festival, held on July 2, in commemoration of this visit.
6. the administration of comfort or aid, or of affliction or punishment: a visitation of the plague.
7. an affliction or punishment, as from God.
8. the appearance or coming of a supernatural influence or spirit.
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1275-1325; < L visitation- (s. of visitatio), equiv. to visitat(us) (ptp. of visitare; see VISIT, -ATE1) + -ion- -ION; r. ME visitacioun < AF < L, as above]
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the visit, described in the Gospel According to Luke (
Luke, Gospel According to) (1:39–56), made by the Virgin
Mary, pregnant with the infant Jesus, to her cousin Elizabeth. At the sound of Mary's greeting, the pregnant Elizabeth felt the infant St. John the Baptist (
John the Baptist, Saint) leap in her womb, which, according to later doctrine, signified that he had become sanctified and cleansed of original sin. Mary then said the
Magnificat (
q.v.). The Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary is celebrated in the Roman Catholic Church on May 31 (or,
until 1969, on July 2).
Until the 12th century, representations of the visitation showed the two women greeting each other either with formality and reserve (in the severe tradition of Hellenistic art) or with a tender embrace (of Syrian origin). The more emotional version, in accordance with a later medieval taste for realism, became predominant from the 12th century on. The growing importance of the Virgin as an object of devotion brought about another change at the beginning of the 15th century: Elizabeth was shown kneeling before her cousin. Also in the 15th century, a peculiar version of Byzan-tine origin began to gain popularity in the west and was widely adopted for a time; it showed the child John the Baptist, visible in the womb of Elizabeth, saluting the Child Jesus, visible in Mary's womb. This representation was outlawed by the Counter-Reformation Council of Trent, which considered it undignified, and the more sedate version showing Elizabeth kneeling was later imposed.
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