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Rapture
ˈraptʃə
Rapture definitions
noun
rapture
raptures
- a feeling of intense pleasure or joy
"Leonora listened with rapture"
ecstasy bliss euphoria elation exaltation joy joyfulness joyousness cloud nine seventh heaven transport rhapsody enchantment delight exhilaration happiness pleasure ravishment- expressions of intense pleasure or enthusiasm about something
"the tabloids went into raptures about her"
- (according to some millenarian teaching) the transporting of believers to heaven at the Second Coming of Christ
"thousands of Christians gathered outside Rochester and other cities, awaiting the Rapture"
verb
rapture
raptured
raptures
rapturing
- (according to some millenarian teaching) transport (a believer) from earth to heaven at the Second Coming of Christ
"people will be raptured out of automobiles as they are driving along"