visitation

Plural: visitations

Noun

• an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event
  • "a visitation of the plague"
• any disaster or catastrophe
  • "a visitation of the plague"
• 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"
• The act of visiting, or an instance of being visited.
• An official visit to inspect or examine something.
• An encounter with aliens or supernatural beings such as ghosts.
• An affliction or disaster attributed to destiny, or to God.
• The right of a separated or divorced parent to visit a child; access.
• A punishment or blessing ordained by God.
• An unusual and extensive irruption of a species of animals into another region.

Synonyms

trial, tribulation