religious experience
Americannoun
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a personally transformative event.
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a profound or transcendent experience in which one encounters deity or what is perceived to be divine.
Example Sentences
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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 • Dec. 1, 2025
We went to Palm Springs to see if it had the magic, and it was a religious experience with the heat, it gets in your bone marrow.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2024
For African Americans, the foundation of our religious experience originated during slavery.
From Salon • Feb. 4, 2024
The sport was viewed as a way to prepare for wars, but also as a religious experience and even as a tool used to settle disputes.
From Washington Times • Dec. 6, 2023
They talked about the weekend as if they’d had a religious experience, and Adams felt she’d missed something life-changing.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
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