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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

The ecstatics of medieval times, the Hindu Yogis, even the day-dreaming schoolboy, have had visions of floating in air before the astounding multitudes by a mere act of will.

From Disowned by Victor A. Endersby

Of the appearance of light in the state of introversion, the histories of saints and ecstatics, and the autobiographies of this kind of men are full.

From Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts by Smith Ely Jelliffe

There is not much attempt among these ecstatics to hold on to the dignity of their reason or the reticence of their self-respect.

From Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions by John Cowper Powys

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