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Definition of: ecstasy
(ek′stə·sē) noun plural ·sies
1. The state of being beside oneself through some extravagant and overpowering emotion or mental exaltation: an ecstasy of joy.
2. An enrapturing or transporting influence; a rapture.
3. In mysticism, the state of trance supposed to accompany inspiration.
4. Religious rapture.
5. Obs. Madness. See synonyms under ENTHUSIASM, HAPPINESS, RAPTURE. [<OF extasie <LL ecstasis <Gk. ekstasis distraction <ek- out + histanai place]
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