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- Dictionaryrapture/ˈraptʃə/
noun
- 1. a feeling of intense pleasure or joy: "Leonora listened with rapture"
- 2. (according to some millenarian teaching) the transporting of believers to heaven at the Second Coming of Christ: North American "thousands of Christians gathered outside Rochester and other cities, awaiting the Rapture"
verb
- 1. (according to some millenarian teaching) transport (a believer) from earth to heaven at the Second Coming of Christ: North American "people will be raptured out of automobiles as they are driving along"
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1. : an expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion. 2. a. : a state or experience of being carried away by overwhelming emotion. b. : a mystical experience in which the spirit is exalted to a knowledge of divine things. 3. often capitalized : the final assumption of Christians into heaven during the end-time according to Christian theology.
RAPTURE definition: 1. extreme pleasure and happiness or excitement: 2. an expression of extreme pleasure and…. Learn more.
noun. ecstatic joy or delight; joyful ecstasy. Synonyms: exaltation, transport, beatitude, bliss. Antonyms: misery. Often raptures. an utterance or expression of ecstatic delight. the carrying of a person to another place or sphere of existence.
Traditionally reserved for those feeling spiritual ecstasy, rapture now extends to anyone feeling overwhelmed by emotion — sparked by everything from a passionate kiss to scoring an awesome dress on sale.
RAPTURE meaning: 1. extreme pleasure and happiness or excitement: 2. an expression of extreme pleasure and…. Learn more.
noun. 1. the state of mind resulting from feelings of high emotion; joyous ecstasy. 2. (often plural) an expression of ecstatic joy. 3. the act of transporting a person from one sphere of existence to another, esp from earth to heaven. verb. 4. (transitive) archaic or literary. to entrance; enrapture. Collins English Dictionary.
n. 1. The state of being transported by a lofty emotion; ecstasy. 2. often raptures An expression of ecstatic feeling: raptures of joy. 3. a. The transporting of a person from one place to another, especially to heaven, by supernatural means. b.
Definition of rapture noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Rapture Definition. The state of being carried away with joy, love, etc.; ecstasy. An expression of great joy, pleasure, etc. The transporting of a person from one place to another, especially to heaven, by supernatural means.
RAPTURE definition: a feeling of extreme pleasure and excitement. Learn more.
