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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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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.
Rapture can mean ecstatic joy, an utterance of delight, or a theological event of being taken to heaven. Learn more about its origin, synonyms, antonyms, and usage examples.
The Rapture is an eschatological position held by some Christians, particularly those of American evangelicalism, consisting of an end-time event when all dead Christian believers will be resurrected and, joined with Christians who are still alive, together will rise "in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air." [ 1 ]
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.
4 meanings: 1. the state of mind resulting from feelings of high emotion; joyous ecstasy 2. an expression of ecstatic joy 3..... Click for more definitions.
Rapture is a feeling of emotional ecstasy so magical it's almost as if you've been transported to some other world.
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.
