rapture

Definitions

The state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion or by extreme joy or pleasure.

SYNONYMS: bliss; cloud nine; delight; dream state; dreamland; ecstasy; Elysium; enchantment; exaltation; exultation; gladness; heaven; nirvana; paradise; seventh heaven; transport.

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Ecstasy.

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(Noun) a prophesied event in Christian eschatology

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(Noun) in some Christian teachings, the taking up of Christians to meet Christ in heaven after the second coming

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(Noun) The period before the Tribulation, when Jesus takes all of His own up to Heaven. They will be transformed as in the twinkling of an eye.