Rapture
noun
A feeling of intense pleasure or joy.
She listened to the symphony with pure rapture
Often appears as...
- pure rapture
- rapture of love
noun
In Christian belief, the transporting of believers to heaven at the Second Coming of Christ.
They believe that they will be taken up in the rapture
Often appears as...
- the rapture of the church
- the second coming rapture
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Religious
noun
A feeling of intense pleasure or joy.
She listened to the symphony with pure rapture
Often appears as...
- pure rapture
- rapture of love
noun
In Christian belief, the transporting of believers to heaven at the Second Coming of Christ.
They believe that they will be taken up in the rapture
Often appears as...
- the rapture of the church
- the second coming rapture
Usage tips
Religious
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Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Intensity
Use 'rapture' to describe an overwhelming emotion, more intense than just happiness or pleasure.
Her face lit up in rapture as she opened the surprise gift.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Subtle
'Rapture' is a strong word, so it's not suitable for mild enjoyment or contentment.
He watched his favorite team win with rapture, not just satisfaction.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Resonance
In arts and literature, 'rapture' is often associated with blissful experiences or enchantment.
Viewers stood in rapture before the painting's beauty.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Intensity
Use 'rapture' to describe an overwhelming emotion, more intense than just happiness or pleasure.
Her face lit up in rapture as she opened the surprise gift.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Subtle
'Rapture' is a strong word, so it's not suitable for mild enjoyment or contentment.
He watched his favorite team win with rapture, not just satisfaction.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Resonance
In arts and literature, 'rapture' is often associated with blissful experiences or enchantment.
Viewers stood in rapture before the painting's beauty.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Intensity
Use 'rapture' to describe an overwhelming emotion, more intense than just happiness or pleasure.
Her face lit up in rapture as she opened the surprise gift.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Subtle
'Rapture' is a strong word, so it's not suitable for mild enjoyment or contentment.
He watched his favorite team win with rapture, not just satisfaction.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Resonance
In arts and literature, 'rapture' is often associated with blissful experiences or enchantment.
Viewers stood in rapture before the painting's beauty.
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Safari Live - Day 11 PIPE...
yellow in color whereas this guy was very gray and had a blunt nose so that's super cool I haven't seen one of these guys in a long time and it just actually goes to show how warm it is today if we seeing monitor lizards hmm where did you go buddy there you are sir bees rapture the
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The gospel of doubt PIPE...
and decided to come back early. And just in case he did, I built a backup plan, by reading the "Left Behind" books that were all the rage at the time. And I found in their pages that if I was not taken in the rapture at midnight, I had another shot.
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Expanding your mind with...
yeah you seem to be trying to create these videos not only to spread this but also to spread oh yeah the one that came like several times and yes yeah I'm really interested in this concept of are its kind of ecstatic rapture you know
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What really matters at...
Next day, one of my nurses smuggled in a snowball for me. She brought it in to the unit. I cannot tell you the rapture I felt holding that in my hand, and the coldness dripping onto my burning skin; the miracle of it all,
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A theory of everything PIPE...
taking painful contemptuous possession of her, was the kind of rapture she wanted. When they lay together in bed it was, as it had to be, as the nature of the act demanded, an act of violence.
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Burn Baby, Burn PIPE The...
thank gosh I needed a pick-me-up with one final push yeah Nick will and the camera crew reached the summit that's called rapture has exhilarated it's a beautiful day yeah from here it's
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The world's English...
the net okay religious mania there's rapture there's weeping there's visions manias can be good manias can be alarming or manias can be deadly the world has a new mania a mania for
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Paola Antonelli: Why I...
I'm almost like a crazy evangelical. I've always known that the age of design is upon us, almost like a rapture. If the day is sunny, I think,
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Safari Live - Day 166 PIPE...
male nice to see though so that's not the biggest of raptures in the world that will feed on birds largest guinea fowl
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Depression, the secret...
And that, I think, is a highly privileged rapture. Thank you. Thank you.
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Safari Live - Day 11 PIPE...
yellow in color whereas this guy was very gray and had a blunt nose so that's super cool I haven't seen one of these guys in a long time and it just actually goes to show how warm it is today if we seeing monitor lizards hmm where did you go buddy there you are sir bees rapture the
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The gospel of doubt PIPE...
and decided to come back early. And just in case he did, I built a backup plan, by reading the "Left Behind" books that were all the rage at the time. And I found in their pages that if I was not taken in the rapture at midnight, I had another shot.
Video examples
Expanding your mind with...
yeah you seem to be trying to create these videos not only to spread this but also to spread oh yeah the one that came like several times and yes yeah I'm really interested in this concept of are its kind of ecstatic rapture you know
Video examples
What really matters at...
Next day, one of my nurses smuggled in a snowball for me. She brought it in to the unit. I cannot tell you the rapture I felt holding that in my hand, and the coldness dripping onto my burning skin; the miracle of it all,
Video examples
A theory of everything PIPE...
taking painful contemptuous possession of her, was the kind of rapture she wanted. When they lay together in bed it was, as it had to be, as the nature of the act demanded, an act of violence.
Video examples
Burn Baby, Burn PIPE The...
thank gosh I needed a pick-me-up with one final push yeah Nick will and the camera crew reached the summit that's called rapture has exhilarated it's a beautiful day yeah from here it's
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The world's English...
the net okay religious mania there's rapture there's weeping there's visions manias can be good manias can be alarming or manias can be deadly the world has a new mania a mania for
Video examples
Paola Antonelli: Why I...
I'm almost like a crazy evangelical. I've always known that the age of design is upon us, almost like a rapture. If the day is sunny, I think,
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 166 PIPE...
male nice to see though so that's not the biggest of raptures in the world that will feed on birds largest guinea fowl
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Depression, the secret...
And that, I think, is a highly privileged rapture. Thank you. Thank you.
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Martin Seligman
American Psychologist
The belief that we can rely on shortcuts to happiness, joy, rapture, comfort, and ecstasy, rather than be entitled to these feelings by the exercise of personal strengths and virtues, leads to legions of people who, in the middle of great wealth, are starving spiritually.
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Robert Jeffress
American Clergyman
I would like people to live in the present with eternity in mind. If there is, in fact, going to be rapture one day, in which we leave everything behind, shouldn't that loosen our grip on our material possessions right now?
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Helen Keller
American Author
Once I knew only darkness and stillness... my life was without past or future... but a little word from the fingers of another fell into my hand that clutched at emptiness, and my heart leaped to the rapture of living.
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Karl Philipp Moritz
German Author
Whilst in Prussia poets only speak of the love of country as one of the dearest of all human affections, here there is no man who does not feel, and describe with rapture, how much he loves his country.
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Joseph Campbell
American Author
We're so engaged in doing things to achieve purposes of outer value that we forget the inner value, the rapture that is associated with being alive, is what it is all about.
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Charles Edward Montague
English Journalist
A lie will easily get you out of a scrape, and yet, strangely and beautifully, rapture possesses you when you have taken the scrape and left out the lie.
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Said Nursi
Turkish Theologian
The purest joy for the human spirit and the sheerest delight for man's heart are the rapture of the spirit contained within the love of God.
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Dave Morris
British Author
When a medium like games or comic books whips up such a rapture of enthusiasm, naturally we look for lessons we should be learning.
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Jermaine O'Neal
American Basketball Player
There are only two things that probably can stop me from playing - rapture, God coming back, and an ACL injury.
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P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
What Enron was doing, what caused investors to embrace it in a rapture of baffled awe, was hiding debt.
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Martin Seligman
American Psychologist
The belief that we can rely on shortcuts to happiness, joy, rapture, comfort, and ecstasy, rather than be entitled to these feelings by the exercise of personal strengths and virtues, leads to legions of people who, in the middle of great wealth, are starving spiritually.
Quote examples
Robert Jeffress
American Clergyman
I would like people to live in the present with eternity in mind. If there is, in fact, going to be rapture one day, in which we leave everything behind, shouldn't that loosen our grip on our material possessions right now?
Quote examples
Helen Keller
American Author
Once I knew only darkness and stillness... my life was without past or future... but a little word from the fingers of another fell into my hand that clutched at emptiness, and my heart leaped to the rapture of living.
Quote examples
Karl Philipp Moritz
German Author
Whilst in Prussia poets only speak of the love of country as one of the dearest of all human affections, here there is no man who does not feel, and describe with rapture, how much he loves his country.
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Joseph Campbell
American Author
We're so engaged in doing things to achieve purposes of outer value that we forget the inner value, the rapture that is associated with being alive, is what it is all about.
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Charles Edward Montague
English Journalist
A lie will easily get you out of a scrape, and yet, strangely and beautifully, rapture possesses you when you have taken the scrape and left out the lie.
Quote examples
Said Nursi
Turkish Theologian
The purest joy for the human spirit and the sheerest delight for man's heart are the rapture of the spirit contained within the love of God.
Quote examples
Dave Morris
British Author
When a medium like games or comic books whips up such a rapture of enthusiasm, naturally we look for lessons we should be learning.
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Jermaine O'Neal
American Basketball Player
There are only two things that probably can stop me from playing - rapture, God coming back, and an ACL injury.
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P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
What Enron was doing, what caused investors to embrace it in a rapture of baffled awe, was hiding debt.
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