different between visitation vs procuration

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman visitacioun, from Old French visitacion, from Latin v?sit?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?z??te???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

visitation (countable and uncountable, plural visitations)

1. The act of visiting, or an instance of being visited.
2. An official visit to inspect or examine something.
3. An encounter with supernatural beings such as ghosts or aliens.
4. (law) The right of a separated or divorced parent to visit a child; access.
5. A punishment or blessing ordained by God.
6. (ecology) An unusual and extensive irruption of a species of animals into another region.

Translations

Anagrams

• vitiations

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin v?sit?ti?.

Noun

visitation f (oblique plural visitations, nominative singular visitation, nominative plural visitations)

1. visitation (act of visiting)
2. visitation (visit in order to inspect something)
3. visitation (supernatural encounter)

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (visitation, supplement)
• visitation on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

English

Etymology

Latin pr?c?r?ti?.

Noun

procuration (countable and uncountable, plural procurations)

1. The act of procuring; procurement.
2. The management of another's affairs.
3. The instrument by which a person is empowered to transact the affairs of another; a proxy.
4. A sum of money formerly paid to the bishop or archdeacon, now to the ecclesiastical commissioners, by an incumbent, as a commutation for entertainment at the time of visitation; called also proxy.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pr?c?r?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??.ky.?a.sj??/

Noun

procuration f (plural procurations)

1. proxy
2. power of attorney

Further reading

• “procuration” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).