religious trance

Other forms: religious trances

Definitions of religious trance
  1. noun
    a trance induced by intense religious devotion; does not show reduced bodily functions that are typical of other trances
    synonyms: ecstatic state
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    type 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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