noun
visitation
An affliction believed to be sent by a supernatural power.
The villagers regard the plague as a visitation from God.
Etymology
A divine visit could be understood as intervention bringing judgment. Visitation therefore came to name an affliction attributed to supernatural agency.
More examples
- Some farmers fear the drought is a divine visitation.
- The old sermon describes disease as a visitation for human sins.
- They believe these visitations reveal the anger of the gods.
Forms
visitation · visitations