visitation

noun

• 1an official or formal visit, in particular.
• (in church use) an official visit of inspection, especially one by a bishop to a church in the bishop’s diocese.
• the appearance of a divine or supernatural being.
• a gathering with the family of a deceased person before the funeral.
• Law a divorced person’s right to spend time with their children in the custody of a former spouse.

• 2a disaster or difficulty regarded as a divine punishment:a visitation of the plague

• 3 (the Visitation) the visit of the Virgin Mary to Elizabeth related in Luke 1:39-56.
• the festival commemorating the Visitation on May 31 (formerly July 2).