rapture
[ rap-cher ]
/ ˈræp tʃər /
noun
ecstatic joy or delight; joyful ecstasy.
Often raptures. an utterance or expression of ecstatic delight.
the carrying of a person to another place or sphere of existence.
the Rapture, Theology. the experience, anticipated by some fundamentalist Christians, of meeting Christ midway in the air upon his return to earth.
Archaic. the act of carrying off.
verb (used with object), rap·tured, rap·tur·ing.
to enrapture.
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SYNONYMS FOR rapture
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1. See ecstasy.
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British Dictionary definitions for rapture
rapture
/ (ˈræptʃə) /
noun
the state of mind resulting from feelings of high emotion; joyous ecstasy
(often plural) an expression of ecstatic joy
the act of transporting a person from one sphere of existence to another, esp from earth to heaven
verb
(tr) archaic, or literary to entrance; enrapture
Word Origin for rapture
C17: from Medieval Latin raptūra, from Latin raptus rapt 1
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