Visitation

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Visitation can refer to several things:

• Visitation, in history, an official visit, usually for purposes of inspection, and the record of that visit. Both in English and Spanish (colonial) history.

• Heraldic visitations were made to establish the right of a person to bear arms, and are used today in genealogical research

• Canonical visitation is an inspection made by a clergyman authorised under canon law, such as an archbishop, bishop, or archdeacon.

• the Visitation (Christian), a Christian liturgical feast day (31 May or 2 July) commemorating the visit of the Virgin Mary to Elizabeth as recorded in the Gospel of Luke

• Visitation, in United States Law, the term for the right of a non-custodial parent to visit with their children, elsewhere known as Contact (law)

• a Funeral Visitation, in the United States and Canada, a funeral custom where a mourner visits the deceased person's family and views the body lying in the casket, either at a funeral home or church.

• Tablet of Visitation refers to specific prayers used in Islam and the Bahá'í Faith while visiting the shrines of its founders, saints or martyrs.

• Supernatural Visitation, an experience of presence or communication between the recently deceased and their spouse or progeny