visitation of the sick
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Their duties included the supervision of Church property, the management of Church finances, the visitation of the sick, the distribution of alms and the care of widows and orphans.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various
A baptism follows; after that a marriage: and we then proceed, in due course, to the visitation of the sick, and the burial of the dead.
From Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
The society takes charge also of the visitation of the sick, and the p. 185distribution of tracts in the suburbs, at the gates of the factories and workshops, etc.
From Cities of the Dawn by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie
There are thirty Sisters, who, besides attending to the home, do much charitable work in teaching and the visitation of the sick.
From Hampstead and Marylebone The Fascination of London by Sir Walter Besant
In New York, however, pastoral duties are almost entirely confined to the ministrations in the church, visitation of the sick, marriages, and attendance upon funerals.
From Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City by James Dabney McCabe
