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raptured

American  
[rap-cherd] / ˈræp tʃərd /

adjective

Theology.
  1. (especially of saints) experiencing religious ecstasy as a result of one's faith.


Other Word Forms

  • unraptured adjective

Etymology

Origin of raptured

First recorded in 1675–85; rapture + -ed 2

Example Sentences

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It was me who managed to spill a glass of water over the notes Mourinho waved to a raptured audience at his unveiling news conference.

From BBC • Oct. 24, 2024

When I was 10 I thought I was going to get raptured into heaven.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2021

The future of the web is at stake The end of those cookies is called the Cookiepocalypse, and it’s apocalyptic because nobody really knows what advertisers will do once those tracking methods are raptured.

From The Verge • Apr. 16, 2021

Yet even CBS’s team carried themselves as if they just found out all of the babies, puppies and kittens in the world suddenly raptured.

From Salon • Nov. 7, 2018

Once, when I raptured in a violet glow given off by the Queen of the World, my father asked me why, and I thought he was crazy not to see.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck