Definition of rapture Rapture
/ɹæˈpʧɚ/ - [ratpcher] - rap•ture
We found 17 definitions of rapture from 6 different sources.
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What does rapture mean?
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| rapture - a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion; "listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture"- Charles Dickens | ||
| ecstasy, transport, exaltation, raptus | ||
| emotional state, spirit the state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection); "his emotional state depended on her opinion"; "he was in good spirits"; "his spirit rose" | ||
| rapture - a state of elated bliss | ||
| ecstasy | ||
| bliss, blissfulness, cloud nine, seventh heaven, walking on air a state of extreme happiness | ||
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Wiktionary 
- rapture (Noun)
Extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement. - rapture (Noun)
In some forms of fundamentalist Protestant eschatology, the event when Jesus returns and gathers the souls of living believers. - rapture (Noun)
The act of kidnapping or abducting, especially the forceful carrying off of a woman. - rapture (Noun)
Rape; ravishment; sexual violation. - rapture (Noun)
The act of carrying, conveying, transporting or sweeping along by force of movement; the force of such movement; the fact of being carried along by such movement. - rapture (Verb)
To experience great happiness or excitement. - rapture (Verb)
To cause to experience great happiness or excitement. - rapture (Verb)
To take part in the Rapture.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- rapture (n.)
A seizing by violence; a hurrying along; rapidity with violence. - rapture (n.)
The state or condition of being rapt, or carried away from one's self by agreeable excitement; violence of a pleasing passion; extreme joy or pleasure; ecstasy. - rapture (n.)
A spasm; a fit; a syncope; delirium. - rapture (v. t.)
To transport with excitement; to enrapture.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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rapture
rap′tūr, n. a seizing and carrying away: extreme delight: transport: ecstasy.—adj. Rap′tūred.—n. Rap′tūrist (Spens.), one filled with rapture.—adj. Rap′tūrous, seizing and carrying away: ecstatic.—adv. Rap′tūrously
Wikipedia 
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The Rapture (meaning "to carry to another place" is an future event in Christian theology where Jesus Christ will return to Earth to bring his followers to Heaven. In Christianity it is believed that following this amazing event, the world will go through what is called "the tribulation". Then later following, will come the "millennium" (a thousand years).
Tribulation.
The "tribulation" (or the "great tribulation") is supposed theory of life after the "rapture". Most Christians agree that the period lasts around seven years. During these years, it is believed that the Antichrist will come to power and control the world.
Millennium.
The "Millennium" is the period following the "rapture", and the "tribulation", that Christians believe they will live in glory on the Earth. They also believe that Jesus Christ will be in total control over earth for "1,000" years (a millennium).
Books.
In 1950, the novel "Raptured" by "Ernest Angley" was published, and in 1995, the first of the Left Behind series was published. These and other books have made the story of the "rapture" and the "tribulation" popular.
Movies.
The "Rapture" story has been retold in many movies. The most well-known production company is Cloud Ten Pictures. Which have created the "Left Behind film series" (, and), as well as several other movies. Some other notable end times movies are A Thief in the Night and The Omega Code.
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