Old Spanish

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Etymology

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From visitar (to visit) +‎ -ança.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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visitança f (plural visitanças)

  1. visit
    • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 20v:
      dixo el nr̃o ſenor a moẏſen qui peccare en mi deſfer loe de mio libro. Agora ue e di ami pueblo cuemo fable mio angel andara delante ti e al dia de mi uiſitança uiſitare ſobre ellos ſos pecados e mato el ſẽnor del pueblo muchos por lo que fizieron el bezerro q̃ fizo aron
      Our Lord said to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against Me, I will wipe out of my book. Now go and say to my people how I have spoken. My angel will go before you, and the day of my visit I will visit their sin upon them.” And the Lord killed many from among the people for what they did [with] the calf that Aaron made.

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