visitatorial

[ viz-i-tuh-tawr-ee-uh l, -tohr- ]

/ ˌvɪz ɪ təˈtɔr i əl, -ˈtoʊr- /

of or relating to an official visitor or official visitation.

having the power of visitation.

Origin of visitatorial

1680–90; < Medieval Latin vīsitātōri(us) (see visitation, -tory¹) + -al¹

The Visitatorial duties and powers of the Royal Institution should be more clearly defined.

McGill and its Story, 1821-1921 |Cyrus Macmillan
The document then goes on to regulate the visitatorial powers of the Bishop, which are taken for granted.

History of the Cathedral Church of Wells |Edward A. Freeman
Elaborate arrangements for the custody of the seal are therefore common in visitatorial injunctions.

Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 |Eileen Edna Power
The Queen, however, still had over the Church a visitatorial power of vast and undefined extent.

The History of England from the Accession of James II. |Thomas Babington Macaulay

The Governors resented, too, the visitatorial power of the Royal Institution.

McGill and its Story, 1821-1921 |Cyrus Macmillan

visitatorial

/ (ˌvɪzɪtəˈtɔːrɪəl) /

of, relating to, or for an official visitation or visitor

empowered to make official visitations