Origin: Latin suffix -ure
Rapture has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:
a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion
"listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture"
Extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement.
"The crowd erupted into rapture when their favorite team finally scored the winning goal in the final seconds of the match."
To cause to experience great happiness or excitement.
"The surprise party caused such rapture among her friends that everyone was laughing and hugging all night long."
a prophesied sudden removal of Christian believers from the Earth before the Tribulation or simultaneous with the second coming of Jesus Christ
"The pastor's sermon focused intensely on the doctrine of rapture, explaining that faithful believers would be caught up to meet Christ in the air before the seven-year tribulation begins."