Definition of raptures:
(n) :
Extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement.
(v) :
(transitive) To take (someone) off the Earth and bring (them) to Heaven as part of the Rapture.
(v) :
(dated, transitive) To cause to experience great happiness or excitement.
(v) :
(dated, intransitive) To experience great happiness or excitement.
(n) :
A spasm; a fit; a syncope; delirium.
(v) :
(uncommon) To state (something, transitive) or talk (intransitive) rapturously.