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RELIGIOUS TRANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does religious trance mean? 

RELIGIOUS TRANCE (noun)
  The noun RELIGIOUS TRANCE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: RELIGIOUS TRANCE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RELIGIOUS TRANCE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

ecstatic state; religious trance

Hypernyms ("religious trance" is a kind of...):

trance (a state of mind in which consciousness is fragile and voluntary action is poor or missing; a state resembling deep sleep)


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