Definition of rapture in English:

rapture

noun ˈraptʃəˈræptʃər

1mass noun A feeling of intense pleasure or joy.
狂喜；兴高采烈，欢天喜地
Leonora listened with rapture
莉奥诺拉欣喜若狂地听着。
Example sentencesExamples
- The alcohol and the gyrating male bodies onstage combine to bring the women to a state of frenzied rapture.
- She had that almost vacant-eyed look of the other girls, lost in rapture over the chords of Jerry Garcia and fueled by the music, the dancing and some psychotropic drug.
- Shelley went into rapture when he saw a wandering cloud and he celebrated the moment with a song.
- While he hasn't put a title to his collection, one cannot miss the sense of rapture and enchantment that the paintings seem to convey.
- It would now be impossible to imagine a repeat of July 1914 when crowds in Vienna erupted into rapture as war was declared.
- With rapture, I also noticed there were special ‘milk’ and ‘water’ buttons to aid my learning curve.
- I was fascinated by roller coasters even then so after a couple of rides on it with my Dad my rapture just multiplied.
- Music can impart in us a feeling of melancholy and sorrow, rapture and euphoria.
- Her body would spasm with joyous rapture at the mere thought of it.
- I whooped and hollered as I pumped on the accelerator, and the girls squealed with joyful rapture.
- Every one of them was involved in the build up to the goal which sent the reinvigorated fans into rapture.
- In this painting, joy, rapture, release, and escape are all terms that become important, even if their value is always of the verge of becoming equivocal.
- In her youth Queen Victoria listened with rapture to the impressive and glorious music of the great oratorios rendered in the Minster.
- The Westport contingent in the stadium was in rapture as Eamon was declared the winner, another title for St. Annes but they werent finished there.
- Tuesday's first night performance at the Festival Theatre was greeted with rapture by a large audience who were enthralled by the Wales Theatre Company's interpretation.
- She took tea with her remaining admirers, but in the age of beat poetry and the apolitical pursuit of rapture, seemed something of a relic.
- The frontal lobe is the seat of concentration and attention; the limbic system is where powerful feelings, including rapture, are processed.
- Each performer was wrapped up in the world of the music, and their rapture quickly spread to the audience.
- Standing beneath that wall, I let my fantasy enclose me in rapture.
- In the late '70s, anticipation would have had us in near rapture waiting for another Annie Hall or Manhattan, but alas we have entered a new century, and cynicism is the order of the day.
Synonyms
ecstasy, bliss, euphoria, elation, exaltation, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, cloud nine, seventh heaven, transport, rhapsody, enchantment, delight, exhilaration, happiness, pleasure, ravishment
informal the top of the world
humorous delectation
1. 1.1raptures Expressions of intense pleasure or enthusiasm about something.
  狂喜；欢呼
  the tabloids went into raptures about her
  各大小报对她进行了疯狂的报道。
  Example sentencesExamples
  More to the point, while the food was never likely to send either of us into raptures, it was certainly well above average, and very sensibly priced.
  Retired All-Black Murray Mexted, commentating on TV during the last match, was in raptures.
  Normally, a 13 point victory over the old enemy would have Mayo people in raptures, but when the final whistle went in Garrymore, their was a mild air of disappointment among the home fans.
  It would be easy to go into raptures about the role and the film, set in working-class London of 1950.
  It was a performance that had local commentators in raptures, and speculating that next October, when she makes her debut at the Hawaii Ironman, she could make quite an impact.
  The thrills sent the men, women and children into raptures.
  Edinburgh's food lovers are in raptures over Crolla's new project - and rightly so
  Her subjects, just yards away, were in raptures.
  But while archaeologists are still in raptures over the images, mostly depicting animals, trust chiefs running the site believe it could spell great things for the area.
  In this, he receives the support of those sections of the Russian intelligentsia who went into raptures about Gorbachev at the end of the 1980s.
  This explanation from the magician had the audience in raptures.
  Gary's smashing of the 21-year-old record has sent the gaming world into raptures, because many thought 389,770 was a high score that would never be beaten.
  Conlon's rocket sent his side's supporters into raptures but O'Donohoe held his nerve to cut short the Sligo side's premature celebrations.
  A lady went into raptures about the cheeseboard, and the complexity of the flavour of the mature cheddar.
  When we return home and develop the photographs, our friends and relatives go into raptures over the scenery and the landscape.
  The highlight of the day, however, was a mimicry show by cine actor, Jayaram, which left the students in raptures.
  A little while later, Katrina arrived and the crowd went into raptures.
  As ever, his arrogance and ignorance grated on everyone who cannot abide him, and left those who adore him (mainly confined to some quarters of the United States) in raptures.
  But it's not just the music that had the audience in raptures - it's the sheer exuberance of their stage performance.
  The home crowd were in raptures, cries of ‘Ole Ole’ echoing around the stadium as their players lined up to pepper the Thistle goal.
  Synonyms
  enthuse, rhapsodize, rave, gush, wax lyrical, express intense pleasure/enthusiasm
  heap praise on, praise to the skies, make much of
  informal go wild/mad/crazy
2North American (according to some millenarian teaching) the transporting of believers to heaven at the Second Coming of Christ.
〈北美〉（依据千年教义）（基督再临时信徒的）被提升天
thousands of Christians gathered outside Rochester and other cities, awaiting the Rapture
Example sentencesExamples
- The book is called Left Behind and is about the Rapture, from the book of Revelation in the Bible.
- You know, reverend, we're so excited about the Rapture.
- These focus on salvation, the Rapture, and the Second Coming of Jesus.
- Protestant fundamentalists believe that shortly before the end, all the born-again Christians with true faith will be snatched up to heaven; they call this Rapture.
- The October 11 date he set for the Rapture came and went uneventfully.

verb ˈraptʃəˈræptʃər

[with object]North American

(according to some millenarian teaching) transport (a believer) from earth to heaven at the Second Coming of Christ.
〈北美〉（依据千年教义）（基督再临时信徒的）被提升天
people will be raptured out of automobiles as they are driving along
Example sentencesExamples
- Will anyone but Christians have a shot at being raptured?
- Christ will return secretly to rapture his saints before the great tribulation.
- On top of that, some believe that they will be raptured to safety in heaven, while others believe that they will be raptured to a place of safety on earth.
- If you think that demonic powers are present at the moment, just wait until the saints have been raptured away and Satan and his armies have taken full control of the earth.
- Reader Keith Stump of Indianapolis, Indiana, refers us to a service that offers to notify family and friends when a Christian gets raptured away into Heaven.

Origin

Late 16th century (in the sense 'seizing and carrying off'): from obsolete French, or from medieval Latin raptura 'seizing', partly influenced by rapt.

Rhymes

capture, enrapture

Definition of rapture in US English:

rapture

nounˈrapCHərˈræptʃər

1A feeling of intense pleasure or joy.
狂喜；兴高采烈，欢天喜地
Leonora listened with rapture
莉奥诺拉欣喜若狂地听着。
Example sentencesExamples
- Each performer was wrapped up in the world of the music, and their rapture quickly spread to the audience.
- Her body would spasm with joyous rapture at the mere thought of it.
- I was fascinated by roller coasters even then so after a couple of rides on it with my Dad my rapture just multiplied.
- Every one of them was involved in the build up to the goal which sent the reinvigorated fans into rapture.
- The alcohol and the gyrating male bodies onstage combine to bring the women to a state of frenzied rapture.
- I whooped and hollered as I pumped on the accelerator, and the girls squealed with joyful rapture.
- It would now be impossible to imagine a repeat of July 1914 when crowds in Vienna erupted into rapture as war was declared.
- The Westport contingent in the stadium was in rapture as Eamon was declared the winner, another title for St. Annes but they werent finished there.
- Shelley went into rapture when he saw a wandering cloud and he celebrated the moment with a song.
- Standing beneath that wall, I let my fantasy enclose me in rapture.
- The frontal lobe is the seat of concentration and attention; the limbic system is where powerful feelings, including rapture, are processed.
- She took tea with her remaining admirers, but in the age of beat poetry and the apolitical pursuit of rapture, seemed something of a relic.
- In the late '70s, anticipation would have had us in near rapture waiting for another Annie Hall or Manhattan, but alas we have entered a new century, and cynicism is the order of the day.
- Tuesday's first night performance at the Festival Theatre was greeted with rapture by a large audience who were enthralled by the Wales Theatre Company's interpretation.
- With rapture, I also noticed there were special ‘milk’ and ‘water’ buttons to aid my learning curve.
- Music can impart in us a feeling of melancholy and sorrow, rapture and euphoria.
- In her youth Queen Victoria listened with rapture to the impressive and glorious music of the great oratorios rendered in the Minster.
- She had that almost vacant-eyed look of the other girls, lost in rapture over the chords of Jerry Garcia and fueled by the music, the dancing and some psychotropic drug.
- While he hasn't put a title to his collection, one cannot miss the sense of rapture and enchantment that the paintings seem to convey.
- In this painting, joy, rapture, release, and escape are all terms that become important, even if their value is always of the verge of becoming equivocal.
Synonyms
ecstasy, bliss, euphoria, elation, exaltation, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, cloud nine, seventh heaven, transport, rhapsody, enchantment, delight, exhilaration, happiness, pleasure, ravishment
1. 1.1raptures Expressions of intense pleasure or enthusiasm about something.
  狂喜；欢呼
  the tabloids went into raptures about her
  各大小报对她进行了疯狂的报道。
  Example sentencesExamples
  It would be easy to go into raptures about the role and the film, set in working-class London of 1950.
  Normally, a 13 point victory over the old enemy would have Mayo people in raptures, but when the final whistle went in Garrymore, their was a mild air of disappointment among the home fans.
  Gary's smashing of the 21-year-old record has sent the gaming world into raptures, because many thought 389,770 was a high score that would never be beaten.
  In this, he receives the support of those sections of the Russian intelligentsia who went into raptures about Gorbachev at the end of the 1980s.
  But it's not just the music that had the audience in raptures - it's the sheer exuberance of their stage performance.
  The thrills sent the men, women and children into raptures.
  The highlight of the day, however, was a mimicry show by cine actor, Jayaram, which left the students in raptures.
  More to the point, while the food was never likely to send either of us into raptures, it was certainly well above average, and very sensibly priced.
  As ever, his arrogance and ignorance grated on everyone who cannot abide him, and left those who adore him (mainly confined to some quarters of the United States) in raptures.
  This explanation from the magician had the audience in raptures.
  Retired All-Black Murray Mexted, commentating on TV during the last match, was in raptures.
  But while archaeologists are still in raptures over the images, mostly depicting animals, trust chiefs running the site believe it could spell great things for the area.
  When we return home and develop the photographs, our friends and relatives go into raptures over the scenery and the landscape.
  A little while later, Katrina arrived and the crowd went into raptures.
  Her subjects, just yards away, were in raptures.
  The home crowd were in raptures, cries of ‘Ole Ole’ echoing around the stadium as their players lined up to pepper the Thistle goal.
  It was a performance that had local commentators in raptures, and speculating that next October, when she makes her debut at the Hawaii Ironman, she could make quite an impact.
  Edinburgh's food lovers are in raptures over Crolla's new project - and rightly so
  Conlon's rocket sent his side's supporters into raptures but O'Donohoe held his nerve to cut short the Sligo side's premature celebrations.
  A lady went into raptures about the cheeseboard, and the complexity of the flavour of the mature cheddar.
  Synonyms
  enthuse, rhapsodize, rave, gush, wax lyrical, express intense enthusiasm, express intense pleasure
2the RaptureNorth American (according to some millenarian teaching) the transporting of believers to heaven at the Second Coming of Christ.
〈北美〉（依据千年教义）（基督再临时信徒的）被提升天
Example sentencesExamples
- You know, reverend, we're so excited about the Rapture.
- These focus on salvation, the Rapture, and the Second Coming of Jesus.
- Protestant fundamentalists believe that shortly before the end, all the born-again Christians with true faith will be snatched up to heaven; they call this Rapture.
- The October 11 date he set for the Rapture came and went uneventfully.
- The book is called Left Behind and is about the Rapture, from the book of Revelation in the Bible.

verbˈrapCHərˈræptʃər

[with object]usually be rapturedNorth American

(according to some millenarian teaching) transport (a believer) from earth to heaven at the Second Coming of Christ.
〈北美〉（依据千年教义）（基督再临时信徒的）被提升天
Example sentencesExamples
- On top of that, some believe that they will be raptured to safety in heaven, while others believe that they will be raptured to a place of safety on earth.
- If you think that demonic powers are present at the moment, just wait until the saints have been raptured away and Satan and his armies have taken full control of the earth.
- Will anyone but Christians have a shot at being raptured?
- Christ will return secretly to rapture his saints before the great tribulation.
- Reader Keith Stump of Indianapolis, Indiana, refers us to a service that offers to notify family and friends when a Christian gets raptured away into Heaven.

Origin

Late 16th century (in the sense ‘seizing and carrying off’): from obsolete French, or from medieval Latin raptura ‘seizing’, partly influenced by rapt.

单词	rapture
释义	Definition of rapture in English: rapture noun ˈraptʃəˈræptʃər 1mass noun A feeling of intense pleasure or joy. 狂喜；兴高采烈，欢天喜地 Leonora listened with rapture 莉奥诺拉欣喜若狂地听着。 Example sentencesExamples The alcohol and the gyrating male bodies onstage combine to bring the women to a state of frenzied rapture. She had that almost vacant-eyed look of the other girls, lost in rapture over the chords of Jerry Garcia and fueled by the music, the dancing and some psychotropic drug. Shelley went into rapture when he saw a wandering cloud and he celebrated the moment with a song. While he hasn't put a title to his collection, one cannot miss the sense of rapture and enchantment that the paintings seem to convey. It would now be impossible to imagine a repeat of July 1914 when crowds in Vienna erupted into rapture as war was declared. With rapture, I also noticed there were special ‘milk’ and ‘water’ buttons to aid my learning curve. I was fascinated by roller coasters even then so after a couple of rides on it with my Dad my rapture just multiplied. Music can impart in us a feeling of melancholy and sorrow, rapture and euphoria. Her body would spasm with joyous rapture at the mere thought of it. I whooped and hollered as I pumped on the accelerator, and the girls squealed with joyful rapture. Every one of them was involved in the build up to the goal which sent the reinvigorated fans into rapture. In this painting, joy, rapture, release, and escape are all terms that become important, even if their value is always of the verge of becoming equivocal. In her youth Queen Victoria listened with rapture to the impressive and glorious music of the great oratorios rendered in the Minster. The Westport contingent in the stadium was in rapture as Eamon was declared the winner, another title for St. Annes but they werent finished there. Tuesday's first night performance at the Festival Theatre was greeted with rapture by a large audience who were enthralled by the Wales Theatre Company's interpretation. She took tea with her remaining admirers, but in the age of beat poetry and the apolitical pursuit of rapture, seemed something of a relic. The frontal lobe is the seat of concentration and attention; the limbic system is where powerful feelings, including rapture, are processed. Each performer was wrapped up in the world of the music, and their rapture quickly spread to the audience. Standing beneath that wall, I let my fantasy enclose me in rapture. In the late '70s, anticipation would have had us in near rapture waiting for another Annie Hall or Manhattan, but alas we have entered a new century, and cynicism is the order of the day. Synonyms ecstasy, bliss, euphoria, elation, exaltation, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, cloud nine, seventh heaven, transport, rhapsody, enchantment, delight, exhilaration, happiness, pleasure, ravishment informal the top of the world humorous delectation 1.1raptures Expressions of intense pleasure or enthusiasm about something. 狂喜；欢呼 the tabloids went into raptures about her 各大小报对她进行了疯狂的报道。 Example sentencesExamples More to the point, while the food was never likely to send either of us into raptures, it was certainly well above average, and very sensibly priced. Retired All-Black Murray Mexted, commentating on TV during the last match, was in raptures. Normally, a 13 point victory over the old enemy would have Mayo people in raptures, but when the final whistle went in Garrymore, their was a mild air of disappointment among the home fans. It would be easy to go into raptures about the role and the film, set in working-class London of 1950. It was a performance that had local commentators in raptures, and speculating that next October, when she makes her debut at the Hawaii Ironman, she could make quite an impact. The thrills sent the men, women and children into raptures. Edinburgh's food lovers are in raptures over Crolla's new project - and rightly so Her subjects, just yards away, were in raptures. But while archaeologists are still in raptures over the images, mostly depicting animals, trust chiefs running the site believe it could spell great things for the area. In this, he receives the support of those sections of the Russian intelligentsia who went into raptures about Gorbachev at the end of the 1980s. This explanation from the magician had the audience in raptures. Gary's smashing of the 21-year-old record has sent the gaming world into raptures, because many thought 389,770 was a high score that would never be beaten. Conlon's rocket sent his side's supporters into raptures but O'Donohoe held his nerve to cut short the Sligo side's premature celebrations. A lady went into raptures about the cheeseboard, and the complexity of the flavour of the mature cheddar. When we return home and develop the photographs, our friends and relatives go into raptures over the scenery and the landscape. The highlight of the day, however, was a mimicry show by cine actor, Jayaram, which left the students in raptures. A little while later, Katrina arrived and the crowd went into raptures. As ever, his arrogance and ignorance grated on everyone who cannot abide him, and left those who adore him (mainly confined to some quarters of the United States) in raptures. But it's not just the music that had the audience in raptures - it's the sheer exuberance of their stage performance. The home crowd were in raptures, cries of ‘Ole Ole’ echoing around the stadium as their players lined up to pepper the Thistle goal. Synonyms enthuse, rhapsodize, rave, gush, wax lyrical, express intense pleasure/enthusiasm heap praise on, praise to the skies, make much of informal go wild/mad/crazy 2North American (according to some millenarian teaching) the transporting of believers to heaven at the Second Coming of Christ. 〈北美〉（依据千年教义）（基督再临时信徒的）被提升天 thousands of Christians gathered outside Rochester and other cities, awaiting the Rapture Example sentencesExamples The book is called Left Behind and is about the Rapture, from the book of Revelation in the Bible. You know, reverend, we're so excited about the Rapture. These focus on salvation, the Rapture, and the Second Coming of Jesus. Protestant fundamentalists believe that shortly before the end, all the born-again Christians with true faith will be snatched up to heaven; they call this Rapture. The October 11 date he set for the Rapture came and went uneventfully. verb ˈraptʃəˈræptʃər [with object]North American (according to some millenarian teaching) transport (a believer) from earth to heaven at the Second Coming of Christ. 〈北美〉（依据千年教义）（基督再临时信徒的）被提升天 people will be raptured out of automobiles as they are driving along Example sentencesExamples Will anyone but Christians have a shot at being raptured? Christ will return secretly to rapture his saints before the great tribulation. On top of that, some believe that they will be raptured to safety in heaven, while others believe that they will be raptured to a place of safety on earth. If you think that demonic powers are present at the moment, just wait until the saints have been raptured away and Satan and his armies have taken full control of the earth. Reader Keith Stump of Indianapolis, Indiana, refers us to a service that offers to notify family and friends when a Christian gets raptured away into Heaven. Origin Late 16th century (in the sense 'seizing and carrying off'): from obsolete French, or from medieval Latin raptura 'seizing', partly influenced by rapt. Rhymes capture, enrapture Definition of rapture in US English: rapture nounˈrapCHərˈræptʃər 1A feeling of intense pleasure or joy. 狂喜；兴高采烈，欢天喜地 Leonora listened with rapture 莉奥诺拉欣喜若狂地听着。 Example sentencesExamples Each performer was wrapped up in the world of the music, and their rapture quickly spread to the audience. Her body would spasm with joyous rapture at the mere thought of it. I was fascinated by roller coasters even then so after a couple of rides on it with my Dad my rapture just multiplied. Every one of them was involved in the build up to the goal which sent the reinvigorated fans into rapture. The alcohol and the gyrating male bodies onstage combine to bring the women to a state of frenzied rapture. I whooped and hollered as I pumped on the accelerator, and the girls squealed with joyful rapture. It would now be impossible to imagine a repeat of July 1914 when crowds in Vienna erupted into rapture as war was declared. The Westport contingent in the stadium was in rapture as Eamon was declared the winner, another title for St. Annes but they werent finished there. Shelley went into rapture when he saw a wandering cloud and he celebrated the moment with a song. Standing beneath that wall, I let my fantasy enclose me in rapture. The frontal lobe is the seat of concentration and attention; the limbic system is where powerful feelings, including rapture, are processed. She took tea with her remaining admirers, but in the age of beat poetry and the apolitical pursuit of rapture, seemed something of a relic. In the late '70s, anticipation would have had us in near rapture waiting for another Annie Hall or Manhattan, but alas we have entered a new century, and cynicism is the order of the day. Tuesday's first night performance at the Festival Theatre was greeted with rapture by a large audience who were enthralled by the Wales Theatre Company's interpretation. With rapture, I also noticed there were special ‘milk’ and ‘water’ buttons to aid my learning curve. Music can impart in us a feeling of melancholy and sorrow, rapture and euphoria. In her youth Queen Victoria listened with rapture to the impressive and glorious music of the great oratorios rendered in the Minster. She had that almost vacant-eyed look of the other girls, lost in rapture over the chords of Jerry Garcia and fueled by the music, the dancing and some psychotropic drug. While he hasn't put a title to his collection, one cannot miss the sense of rapture and enchantment that the paintings seem to convey. In this painting, joy, rapture, release, and escape are all terms that become important, even if their value is always of the verge of becoming equivocal. Synonyms ecstasy, bliss, euphoria, elation, exaltation, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, cloud nine, seventh heaven, transport, rhapsody, enchantment, delight, exhilaration, happiness, pleasure, ravishment 1.1raptures Expressions of intense pleasure or enthusiasm about something. 狂喜；欢呼 the tabloids went into raptures about her 各大小报对她进行了疯狂的报道。 Example sentencesExamples It would be easy to go into raptures about the role and the film, set in working-class London of 1950. Normally, a 13 point victory over the old enemy would have Mayo people in raptures, but when the final whistle went in Garrymore, their was a mild air of disappointment among the home fans. Gary's smashing of the 21-year-old record has sent the gaming world into raptures, because many thought 389,770 was a high score that would never be beaten. In this, he receives the support of those sections of the Russian intelligentsia who went into raptures about Gorbachev at the end of the 1980s. But it's not just the music that had the audience in raptures - it's the sheer exuberance of their stage performance. The thrills sent the men, women and children into raptures. The highlight of the day, however, was a mimicry show by cine actor, Jayaram, which left the students in raptures. More to the point, while the food was never likely to send either of us into raptures, it was certainly well above average, and very sensibly priced. As ever, his arrogance and ignorance grated on everyone who cannot abide him, and left those who adore him (mainly confined to some quarters of the United States) in raptures. This explanation from the magician had the audience in raptures. Retired All-Black Murray Mexted, commentating on TV during the last match, was in raptures. But while archaeologists are still in raptures over the images, mostly depicting animals, trust chiefs running the site believe it could spell great things for the area. When we return home and develop the photographs, our friends and relatives go into raptures over the scenery and the landscape. A little while later, Katrina arrived and the crowd went into raptures. Her subjects, just yards away, were in raptures. The home crowd were in raptures, cries of ‘Ole Ole’ echoing around the stadium as their players lined up to pepper the Thistle goal. It was a performance that had local commentators in raptures, and speculating that next October, when she makes her debut at the Hawaii Ironman, she could make quite an impact. Edinburgh's food lovers are in raptures over Crolla's new project - and rightly so Conlon's rocket sent his side's supporters into raptures but O'Donohoe held his nerve to cut short the Sligo side's premature celebrations. A lady went into raptures about the cheeseboard, and the complexity of the flavour of the mature cheddar. Synonyms enthuse, rhapsodize, rave, gush, wax lyrical, express intense enthusiasm, express intense pleasure 2the RaptureNorth American (according to some millenarian teaching) the transporting of believers to heaven at the Second Coming of Christ. 〈北美〉（依据千年教义）（基督再临时信徒的）被提升天 Example sentencesExamples You know, reverend, we're so excited about the Rapture. These focus on salvation, the Rapture, and the Second Coming of Jesus. Protestant fundamentalists believe that shortly before the end, all the born-again Christians with true faith will be snatched up to heaven; they call this Rapture. The October 11 date he set for the Rapture came and went uneventfully. The book is called Left Behind and is about the Rapture, from the book of Revelation in the Bible. verbˈrapCHərˈræptʃər [with object]usually be rapturedNorth American (according to some millenarian teaching) transport (a believer) from earth to heaven at the Second Coming of Christ. 〈北美〉（依据千年教义）（基督再临时信徒的）被提升天 Example sentencesExamples On top of that, some believe that they will be raptured to safety in heaven, while others believe that they will be raptured to a place of safety on earth. If you think that demonic powers are present at the moment, just wait until the saints have been raptured away and Satan and his armies have taken full control of the earth. Will anyone but Christians have a shot at being raptured? Christ will return secretly to rapture his saints before the great tribulation. Reader Keith Stump of Indianapolis, Indiana, refers us to a service that offers to notify family and friends when a Christian gets raptured away into Heaven. Origin Late 16th century (in the sense ‘seizing and carrying off’): from obsolete French, or from medieval Latin raptura ‘seizing’, partly influenced by rapt.
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