单词 | rapturist |
释义 | rapturistn. A person who has or goes into raptures; an enthusiast. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > rapture > [noun] > person Cananaean1483 votary1576 Canaanite1611 spiritato1613 zealist1614 zelant1624 zeal1631 religionist1651 ecstatic1659 rapturist1665 religioner1808 subject1820 voteen1825 zealator1867 the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > faculty of conceiving ideals > tendency towards romance > [noun] > ecstatic expression > one who indulges in rapturist1665 rhapsodist1668 1665 J. Spencer Disc. Vulgar Prophecies ii. 43 in Disc. Prodigies (ed. 2) Swarms of prophets and rapturists. 1783 F. Burney Diary 13 Jan. (1842) II. 236 Dr. Warton..is what Dr. Johnson calls a rapturist. 1820 R. Watson Observ. Southey's Life Wesley 101 The Romanists have in all ages had their devotees, and extatics, and rapturists. 1857 Church Rev. Jan. 520 As he was never a rapturist, even in health, so his last hours were not characterized by high impulses and exultant anticipations of heavenly glory. 1918 Indianapolis Star 19 May 14/4 I saw the frock for me... It doesn't take a rapturist to say it is a ‘dream’. It's of pink Georgette crepe, almost lost in draperies of real filet lace. 1987 Times (Nexis) 15 Feb. Her New Zealand childhood so enraptured her that she became set in a state of high expectation. But, like all rapturists, she was plagued by rapture's dark opposition. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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