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1. A state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion
   "listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture"
   - ecstasy, transport, exaltation, raptus
    
2. A state of elated bliss
   - ecstasy

1. (futurist Christian doctrine) the future event when Christian believers are suddenly remove from the Earth before the second coming of Christ

Derived forms: raptures

See also: rapturous

Type of: bliss, blissfulness, cloud nine, emotional state, seventh heaven, spirit, walking on air

Encyclopedia: Rapture Rapture, Ye Minions!