Now rare. [a. late L. vīsitātor, f. vīsitāre to visit. Cf. It. visitatore, Sp. and Pg. visitador.] An official visitor.
1536. Act 28 Hen. VIII., c. 10 § 5. If any ecclesiasticall Judge or Visitatour do voluntaryly concele … any presentment.
1545. Act 37 Hen. VIII., c. 17. Censures ecclesiasticall made by your Highnes and your Vicegerent, officialls, commissaries, and Judges and visitators.
1606. W. Crashaw, Rom. Forgeries, F j b. The reuerend Andreas Vander Rijt,… Canon of Antwerpe, and the censor or visitator appointed to ouerlooke and allow bookes before they be printed.
1676. in Essex Papers (Camden), 68. James Darcy, now Guardian of Dublin, but then Comm[i]ssary visitator.
1897. J. McCabe, Twelve Yrs. in Monastery, 178. The usual course is for the General … to send a deputy to the province which is about to hold its elections. The deputy or visitator visits all the monasteries in succession.
