visitation of the sick

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In the form for the visitation of the sick a responsive service is provided, as also in the order for Holy Communion.

From Presbyterian Worship Its Spirit, Method and History by Johnston, Robert

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

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 Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)

Your godly prayer-book, says, in the visitation of the sick, "the ministers shall not omit, earnestly to move, such sick persons, as are of ability, to be liberal to the poor."

From Two Addresses One to the Gentlemen of Whitby and the other, to the Protestant Clergy by Rigby, Nicholas

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 Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron