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raptus
[ rap-tuhs ]
noun
- a state of intense or overwhelming excitement; rapture; ecstasy.
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Atrox id visum est facinus patribus plebique; quare raptus est in ius Horatius et apud iudices condemnatus.
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Qua plaga praefatus Domini sacerdos Tuda raptus est de mundo, et in monasterio, quod dicitur Paegnalaech, honorifice sepultus.
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Give greetings to all, including the good Madame Councillor, and tell her that I still occasionally have a raptus.
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When in this state of mind Madame von Breuning used to say that he was in his "raptus."
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Yet how graceful she is in her tragic raptus, the chorus shows.
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