rapture
The origin and history of rapture.
Etymology
From Latin raptura, "a snatching or carrying off" — the same root that gives us "rapid" and "raptor."
The origin and history of rapture.
From Latin raptura, "a snatching or carrying off" — the same root that gives us "rapid" and "raptor."
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