rapture

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Ah! My brother, if you had been down into the horrible pit and the miry clay, and had seen a hand and a face looking down, and an arm outstretched to lift you; and if you had ever known what the rapture was after that subterraneous experience of having your feet set upon a rock and your goings established, you would come to Him and you would say, 'Take me all,

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  1. noun The state of being transported by a lofty emotion; ecstasy.
  2. noun An expression of ecstatic feeling. Often used in the plural.
  3. noun The transporting of a person from one place to another, especially to heaven.

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ecstasy ·  joy ·  bliss ·  gladness ·  anguish ·  awe ·  tenderness ·  exultation ·  exaltation ·  adoration ·  astonishment ·  enjoyment

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rapture:   raptures
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  1. Obsolete French, abduction, carrying off, from rapt, carried away, from Old French rat, from Latin raptus; see rapt.

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  1. from rapt + -ure.
 

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/ˈræptʃər/
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