Meaning & use
rapture
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A feeling of intense pleasure or joy; ecstatic delight.
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The audience listened in rapture as the orchestra played the final movement.
She described the rapture she felt on seeing the mountains for the first time.
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Capitalized as 'the Rapture,' the word has a specific meaning in some Christian theology; lowercase 'rapture' simply means intense joy.
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