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Word: Rapture
Speech Type: Noun
late 16th century (in the sense ‘seizing and carrying off’): from obsolete French, or from medieval Latin raptura ‘seizing’, partly influenced by rapt
ˈraptʃə
a feeling of intense pleasure or joy
Short Definition:feeling of intense pleasure or joy
Examples:- Leonora listened with rapture
(according to some millenarian teaching) the transporting of believers to heaven at the Second Coming of Christ
Short Definition:(according to some millenarian teaching) transporting of believers to heaven at Second Coming of Christ
Examples:- thousands of Christians gathered outside Rochester and other cities, awaiting the Rapture
Word: Rapture
Speech Type: Verb
ˈraptʃə
(according to some millenarian teaching) transport (a believer) from earth to heaven at the Second Coming of Christ
Short Definition:(according to some millenarian teaching) transport believer from earth to heaven at Second Coming of Christ
Examples:- people will be raptured out of automobiles as they are driving along
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