(~s)
1.
A ~ is an event in which God or another non-human being seems to appear to someone or contact them.
The young people have claimed almost daily ~s from the Virgin Mary.
N-COUNT
2.
People sometimes refer humorously to a visit from someone, especially from someone in authority, as a ~.
They had another ~ from Essex police.
N-COUNT
3.
Visitation is the act of officially visiting someone. (FORMAL)
House-to-house ~ has been carried on, under the regulations of the General Board of Health...
I had ~ rights.
N-UNCOUNT: usu with supp