rapture
Pronunciation:
/ˈɹɛptʃɘ//ˈɹaptʃə//ˈɹæptʃɚ/noun
Definitions
Extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement.
In some forms of fundamentalist Protestant eschatology, the event when Jesus returns and gathers the souls of living believers. (Usually "the rapture.")
The act of kidnapping or abducting, especially the forceful carrying off of a woman.
Rape; ravishment; sexual violation.
verb
Definitions
To cause to experience great happiness or excitement.
To experience great happiness or excitement.
To take (someone) off the Earth and bring (them) to Heaven as part of the Rapture.
To take part in the Rapture; to leave Earth and go to Heaven as part of the Rapture.