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    rapture
    /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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    Rapture means extreme pleasure and happiness or excitement, or an expression of it. Learn how to use this word in different contexts, such as music, poetry, or religion, with examples and translations.

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    Sep 5, 2012 · Learn the various meanings and uses of the word rapture, from ecstasy or passion to a Christian end-time event. See synonyms, examples, etymology, and related phrases of rapture.

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    Rapture means extreme pleasure and happiness or excitement. Learn how to use this word in different contexts, such as music, religion, or emotions, with examples from various sources.

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    Rapture is a feeling of extreme happiness or pleasure, or an expression of ecstatic joy. It can also refer to the carrying away of a person to another place or sphere of existence, especially to heaven.

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    Rapture is a noun that means a feeling of extreme pleasure and happiness. Learn how to use it in sentences, synonyms, word origin and idioms with the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary app.

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    Rapture means ecstatic joy, bliss, or beatitude, or the transporting of a person to heaven by supernatural means. Find synonyms, antonyms, and translations of rapture in Spanish, French, German, and other languages.