1482 15 How a certeyn deuowt person..was rapte in spirite by the wille of god.
?1548 J. Bale (new ed.) i. sig. Ciiij I..was in the spryte rapte, and clerely taken vp from all worldlye affectes.
1671 A. Woodhead tr. i. xxxvi. 272 Being in Prayer.., and rapt in Spirit.
1878 S. Cox (ed. 3) ix. 198 St. Paul when he was rapt in the spirit into Paradise.