Rapture

(rāpt/yur, 53), n. [Lat. rapere, raptum, to carry off by force; Sp. raptura, It. raptura, rattura.]

1Sense 1. A seizing by violence; a hurrying along with velocity; rapidity with violence. [Obs.] Chapman.

2Sense 2. 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.

Music, when thus applied, raises in the mind of the hearer great conceptions; it strengthens devotion, and advances praise into rapture. Addison.

You grow correct, that once with rapture writ. Pope.

Synonyms— Bliss; ecstasy; transport; delight; exultation.