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Rapture
01
a feeling of being carried away by overwhelming emotion, often associated with deep love, happiness, or spiritual experiences
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Compound
Countable
Plural form
raptures
Examples
As they exchanged vows, a wave of rapture washed over the couple, realizing the depth of their commitment to each other.
02
the event in Christian eschatology in which believers are taken up to heaven at the Second Coming of Christ
Dialect
American
AmericanExamples
According to some interpretations, the rapture will occur before the tribulation.
Lexical Tree
rapturous
rapture
rapt
