raptures in English

noun

1

a feeling of intense pleasure or joy.

Leonora listened with rapture

synonyms: ecstasy, bliss, exaltation, euphoria, elation, joy, enchantment, delight, happiness, pleasure

2

(according to some millenarian teaching) the transporting of believers to heaven at the Second Coming of Christ.

These focus on salvation, the Rapture , and the Second Coming of Jesus.

verb

1

(according to some millenarian teaching) transport (a believer) from earth to heaven at the Second Coming of Christ.

Christ will return secretly to rapture his saints before the great tribulation.

noun

ecstasy, bliss, exaltation, euphoria, elation, joy, enchantment, delight, happiness, pleasure
ecstasy, transport, raptus, exaltation
ecstasy

Use "raptures" in a sentence

1. Magnetic resonance imaging is an effective noninvasive technique for early detecting the raptures of Achilles tendon.

2. With the reference to raptures, Herrick returns to the Amatory imagery that links profane, sacred, and poetic themes.

3. Throughout the years, it has been alleged that Alfred Tennyson's work is Bedizened with its own share of "melodies and raptures and roses," and many would contend that they have found, rather than …

4. Il va Brailler, sentir le lait caillé.: It'll bawl and I'll have to go into raptures for hours.: Ma petite fille a également commencé à Brailler.: My little daughter also started to bawl.: En fait, pas besoin de Brailler.: Actually, you don't have to holler.: Étape une, tapoter et Brailler.: Step one, tap and holler.: Mais de mettre ça sur la table, pour pouvoir vous concentrer sur