Visitant
Visitant is the sixth studio album by American extreme metal band Arsis, released on November 2, 2018 via Nuclear Blast (in Americas) and Agonia (in Europe and the rest of the world).
Visitor
A visitor, in English and Welsh law and history, is an overseer of an autonomous ecclesiastical or eleemosynary institution, often a charitable institution set up for the perpetual distribution of the founder’s alms and bounty, who can intervene in the internal affairs of that institution. Those with such visitors are mainly cathedrals, chapels, schools, colleges, universities, and hospitals.
Many visitors hold their role ex officio, by serving as the British sovereign, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord President of the Council, the Lord Chief Justice, or the bishop of a particular diocese. Others can be appointed in various ways, depending on the constitution of the organization in question. Bishops are usually the visitors to their own cathedrals. The Queen usually delegates her visitatorial functions to the Lord Chancellor. During the reform of the universities of Oxford and Cambridge in the 19th century, Parliament ordered Visitations to the universities to make inquiries and to reform the university and college statutes.
There is a ceremonial element to the role, and the visitor may also be called upon to give advice where an institution expresses doubt as to its powers under its charter and statutes. However, the most important function of the visitor was within academic institutions, where the visitor had to determine disputes arising between the institution and its members. The right of the visitor, and not the courts, to adjudge on alleged deviations from the statutes of academic colleges was affirmed in the case of Philips v. Bury, 1694, in which the House of Lords overruled a judgement of the Court of King’s Bench. Traditionally, the courts have been exempted from any jurisdiction over student complaints. There had been much speculation that this contravened the Human Rights Act 1998. However, the Higher Education Act 2004 transferred the jurisdiction of Visitors over the grievances of students in English and Welsh universities to the Office of the Independent Adjudicator.
Visitant (noun)
One who visits; a guest; a visitor.
Visitant (noun)
A spectre or ghost.
Visitant (noun)
A migratory bird that makes a temporary stop somewhere.
Visitant (adjective)
Visiting.
Visitor (noun)
Someone who visits someone else; someone staying as a guest.
Visitor (noun)
Someone who pays a visit to a specific place or event; a sightseer or tourist.
Visitor (noun)
Someone, or a team, that is playing away from home.
Visitor (noun)
A person authorized to visit an institution to see that it is being managed properly.
Visitor (noun)
An extraterrestrial being on Earth for any reason.
Visitor (noun)
An object which lands or passes by Earth or its orbit.
Visitor (noun)
A head or overseer of an institution such as a college (in which case, equivalent to the university’s chancellor) or cathedral or hospital, who resolves disputes, gives ceremonial speeches, etc.
Visitant (noun)
a supernatural being or agency; an apparition
“in the poem, the angels of death appeared as spectral visitants”
Visitant (noun)
a visitor or guest.
Visitant (noun)
a visitor.
Visitant (adjective)
paying a visit
“the housekeeper was abrupt with the poor visitant niece”
Visitor (noun)
a person visiting someone or somewhere, especially socially or as a tourist
“she’s a frequent visitor to London”
“I’m expecting visitors later this evening”
Visitor (noun)
a member of a sports team on tour or playing away from home
“the visitors came back into the game with two penalty goals”
Visitor (noun)
a person with the right or duty of occasionally inspecting and reporting on a college or other academic institution.
Visitor (noun)
a migratory bird present in a locality for only part of the year
“the red-necked grebe is a regular winter visitor”