(ecstatic delight)

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• rapture — raptureless, adj. /rap cheuhr/, n., v. raptured, rapturing. n. 1. ecstatic joy or delight; joyful ecstasy. 2. Often, raptures. an utterance or expression of ecstatic delight. 3. the carrying of a person to another place or sphere of existence. 4 …   Universalium

• rapture — rap•ture [[t]ˈræp tʃər[/t]] n. v. tured, tur•ing. n. 1) ecstatic joy or delight 2) Often, raptures. an utterance or expression of ecstatic delight 3) the feeling, esp. in religious ecstasy, of being transported to another place or sphere of… …   From formal English to slang

• rapture — /ˈræptʃə / (say rapchuh) noun 1. ecstatic joy or delight; joyful ecstasy. 2. (often plural) an utterance or expression of ecstatic delight. 3. Obsolete the carrying of a person to another place or sphere of existence, especially from earth to… …  

• transport — vb 1 *carry, bear, convey, transmit Analogous words: *move, remove, shift, transfer: *bring, fetch, take 2 Transport, ravish, enrapture, entrance can all mean to carry away by strong and usually pleasurable emotion. Transport need not suggest… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• rapture — n. 1 a ecstatic delight, mental transport. b (in pl.) great pleasure or enthusiasm or the expression of it. 2 archaic the act of transporting a person from one place to another. Phrases and idioms: go into (or be in) raptures be enthusiastic;… …   Useful english dictionary

• Judaism — /jooh dee iz euhm, day , deuh /, n. 1. the monotheistic religion of the Jews, having its ethical, ceremonial, and legal foundation in the precepts of the Old Testament and in the teachings and commentaries of the rabbis as found chiefly in the… …   Universalium

• List of Emily Dickinson poems — This is a list of Emily Dickinson poems. There are 1,775 known poems that have been written by Dickinson. The poems are alphabetized by their first line. Punctuation, capitalization and even in some cases wording of the first lines may vary… …   Wikipedia

• painting, Western — ▪ art Introduction       history of Western painting from its beginnings in prehistoric times to the present.       Painting, the execution of forms and shapes on a surface by means of pigment (but see also drawing for discussion of depictions in …   Universalium

• BEATITUDE — (Heb. הַצְלָחָה, haẓlaḥah; osher), the blissful state of the soul in the World to Come (olam ha ba ) that constitutes the ultimate end of human life. Medieval Jewish philosophy fused rabbinic religious ethics and eschatology with the teleological …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• PROPHETS AND PROPHECY — This article is arranged according to the following outline: in the bible classifications nature of prophecy origin and function dreams divination pre classical prophets terminology group prophecy ecstasy group life of prophets role in society… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Pleasure — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Pleasure >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 pleasure pleasure gratification enjoyment fruition Sgm: N 1 oblectation oblectation delectation Sgm: N 1 relish relish zest Sgm: N 1 gusto gusto …   English dictionary for students