religious experience

[ri-lij-uhs-ik-speer-ee-uhns]

noun

1. a personally transformative event.

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

Example Sentences

The result was, if not a religious experience, then a spiritually transfiguring one.

From Los Angeles Times

"It's brave to step out in a pop context and hold space for these instantaneous creations. She has such an intense connection with people through her songs and it can, for a lot of fans, be like a religious experience."

From Salon

Rounded color-stained windows, midcentury chandeliers and a huge LED screen come together to create a space where the Inland Empire can share the religious experience of seeing favorite artists perform.

From Los Angeles Times

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

For African Americans, the foundation of our religious experience originated during slavery.

From Salon