1. a trance induced by intense religious devotion; does not show reduced bodily functions that are typical of other trances; [syn: religious trance, ecstatic state]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
religious trance
n 1: a trance induced by intense religious devotion; does not
show reduced bodily functions that are typical of other
trances [syn: religious trance, ecstatic state]