visitation

• n. 訪問、視察、公式訪問

訪問、神の顕現、検査から、天災、災いに対する神の人間に対する罰の派生。離婚後の親の面会も指す。

visitation (n.)

c. 1300, "a visit by an ecclesiastical representative to examine the condition of a parish, abbey, etc.," from Anglo-French visitacioun, Old French visitacion and directly from Latin visitationem (nominative visitatio), noun of action from past participle stem of visitare (see visit (v.)). The supernatural sense of "a sight, apparition, a coming of God to a mortal" is attested from mid-14c.

1. I had visitation rights.

私には面会権があります。

2.They had another visitation from Essex police.

エセックスの警察が再び彼らを訪れた。

3.She is seeking more liberal visitation with her daughter.

彼女は娘に対してより自由な面会権を求めている。

4.House-to-house visitation has been carried on,under the regulations of the General Board of Health.

衛生委員会の規定に基づいて、戸別の訪問が続いた。

5.The villagers thought that the storm was a visitation of God.

村人たちはこの嵐が神からの罰だと思っている。