Visitation

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Visitation may refer to:

In law:

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

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

In religion:

• The Visitation, a Christian liturgical feast day (31 May or 2 July) commemorating the visit of the Blessed Virgin Mary to St. Elizabeth as recorded in the Gospel of Luke 1:39-56.

• 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.

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

• 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.

In history:

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

In popular culture:

• The Visitation (book) a 1999 contemporary Christian novel by Frank Peretti.

• The Visitation (film) a 2006 film based upon the above book.

Other:

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

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