Raptus

Pronunciation

UK IPA: en, /ËˆÉ¹aptÉ™s/

Origin

From Latin raptus, from rapio ("seize").

Full definition of raptus

Noun

raptus

(plural raptuses)

(pathology) A seizure.
A state of rapture.

1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Folio Society 2008, p. 351:In the condition called raptus or ravishment by theologians, breathing and circulation are so depressed that it is a question among the doctors whether the soul be or be not temporarily dissevered from the body.

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