visitation

noun

1. 1

   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

2. 2

   any disaster or catastrophe

   a visitation of the plague

3. 3

   an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event

   his mother-in-law's visits were a great trial for him

   life is full of tribulations