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- DictionaryRap·ture/ˈrap(t)SHər/
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"
The meaning of RAPTURE is an expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion. How to use rapture in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Rapture.
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.
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 definition: 1. extreme pleasure and happiness or excitement: 2. an expression of extreme pleasure and…. Learn more.
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. Definitions of rapture. noun. a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion.
RAPTURE meaning: 1. extreme pleasure and happiness or excitement: 2. an expression of extreme pleasure and…. Learn more.
rapture noun. Meaning & use. 1.a. 1594–. Chiefly in plural. A state, condition, or fit of intense delight or enthusiasm. Now frequently to be in raptures: to be delightedly enthusiastic. to go into raptures: to talk with (esp. affected) enthusiasm and delight. 1594.
noun. 1. the state of being carried away with joy, love, etc.; ecstasy. 2. an expression of great joy, pleasure, etc. 3. a carrying away or being carried away in body or spirit. now rare except in theological usage. verb transitive Word forms: ˈraptured or ˈrapturing.
to feel or express extreme pleasure or enthusiasm for someone or something The critics went into raptures about her performance. The last-minute goal sent the fans into raptures. See rapture in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Check pronunciation: rapture.
n. 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. vb. ( tr) archaic or literary to entrance; enrapture.
