religious experience

American  

[ri-lij-uhs-ik-speer-ee-uhns] / rɪˈlɪdʒ əs ɪkˈspɪər i əns /

noun

1. a personally transformative event.

2. a profound or transcendent experience in which one encounters deity or what is perceived to be divine.

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Example Sentences

So all the musical bits and pieces of the film, our moments of feeling moved by the spirit and having this sort of religious experience, it had to be grounded in that and it had to be really organic-sounding and -looking.

From Los Angeles Times

When Moore talks about these artists and their music, it’s like he’s describing a religious experience: “It’s like a sonic boom from the first groove,” Moore said of Peter Brötzmann’s “Machine Gun.”

From Los Angeles Times

But I do have to say that being among the Palace fans at Wembley was honestly the closest thing I've seen to an actual religious experience.

From BBC

“Every time I go out there, it’s a religious experience for me,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times

“It was nothing short of a religious experience,” Elordi says.

From Los Angeles Times