extasy
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of extasy
First recorded in 1610–20
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At the name of Caled, he started up in an extasy of joy; and not doubting but that Hamet was dead, he ordered him to be instantly admitted.
From Almoran and Hamet by John Hawkesworth
And some sayeth, that their bodies lying stil as in an extasy, their spirits wil be rauished out of their bodies, & caried to such places.
From Daemonologie. by King of England James I
At the same time I was filled with a supernatural extasy which resembled heaven itself.
From The City of the Mormons or, Three Days at Nauvoo, in 1842 by Henry Caswall
And then, at the receipt of a bit of good news this austere man is seized with "such an extasy of joy" that he gives Pepys the merriest evening of his life.
From Leaves in the Wind by A. G. (Alfred George) Gardiner
O rouse my muse and launch in praise forth, Dwell with delight, with extasy on worth; In these kind souls in conspicuous flows, Their liberal hands expelling-human woes.
From The Hedge School; The Midnight Mass; The Donagh Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by William Carleton
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