ecstatic state

1. 1.

   a trance induced by intense religious devotion; does not show reduced bodily functions that are typical of other trances

   Synonymsreligious trance

   Broadertrance

Questions about ecstatic state

What does ecstatic state mean?

ecstatic state means "a trance induced by intense religious devotion; does not show reduced bodily functions that are typical of other trances".

What is another word for ecstatic state?

Close synonyms include religious trance. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ecstatic state a common word?

ecstatic state is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.