Information about Visitation
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'à 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
Heraldic Visitations were tours of inspection undertaken by Kings of Arms in England, Wales and Ireland in order to regulate and register the coats of arms of nobility and gentry and boroughs, and to record pedigrees.
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Visitation is the visit of the Virgin Mary to Elizabeth as recorded in the Gospel of Luke 1:39-56. It is also the term for a Christian feast day (May 31 or July 2) commemorating this visit.
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contact (or in the United States, visitation) is one of the general terms which denotes the level of contact a parent or other significant person in a child's life can have with that child.
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Tablets of Visitation refers to specific prayers used in the Bahá'à Faith while visiting the shrines of its founders or martyrs.[1]
The Báb, Bahá'u'lláh and 'Abdu'l-Bahá wrote many Tablets of Visitation.
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The Báb, Bahá'u'lláh and 'Abdu'l-Bahá wrote many Tablets of Visitation.
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Bahá'à Faith is a religion founded by Bahá'u'lláh in 19th-century Persia, emphasizing the spiritual unity of all humankind.[1] There are around six million Bahá'Ãs in more than 200 countries and territories around the world.
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