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ecstatics

British  
/ ɛkˈstætɪks /

plural noun

  1. fits of delight or rapture

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Foremost of the 21st century ecstatics are John Naisbitt and Patricia Aburdene, a husband-and-wife team.

From Time Magazine Archive

Seldom in the memory of U. S. theatrophiles have such ecstatics emanated from the critics as those greeting this play, the second of the Theatre Guild's season.

From Time Magazine Archive

Many other ecstatics have named this as the normal duration of trance.

From Light, Life, and Love : selections from the German mystics of the middle ages by Inge, William Ralph

On this point all mystics and all metaphysical ecstatics are agreed; "God is love" is written in the Gospel of St. John.

From The Evolution of Love by Schleussner, Ellie

It was apparently connected with religion; there were rumours, portents, prophets, ecstatics there.

From Lord of the World by Benson, Robert Hugh

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