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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.
RAPTURE meaning: 1. extreme pleasure and happiness or excitement: 2. an expression of extreme pleasure and…. Learn more.
The idea of a rapture as it is currently defined is not found in historic Christianity, and is a relatively recent doctrine originating from the 1830s. The term is used frequently among fundamentalist theologians in the United States. Rapture has also been used for a mystical union with God or for eternal life in Heaven.
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.
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.
It's happiness so extreme that you just about float to heaven, complete with big goofy grin plastered to your face. 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.
