ecstatical
ecstatical adjective: synonym of ecstatic.
Adjective
ecstatical (comparative more ecstatical, superlative most ecstatical)
- Synonym of ecstatic.
- […] frequenting the Places where the Martyrs were enshrined through the pretence of some ecstatical Dreams and Visions […]1664, Edward Stillingfleet, A Rational Account of the Grounds of Protestant Religion
- His health and greatness consist in his being the channel through which heaven flows to earth; in short, in the fulness in which an ecstatical state takes place in him.1848, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays, Orations and Lectures, page 123
- Synonyms:
- ecstatic
- Tending to external objects.
- I find in me a great deal of ecstatical love, which continually carries me to good without myself., John Norris (philosopher)
- I have argued that the lived-body does not simply "extend" in space as a non-ecstatical thing, but rather, it "occupies and inhabits" space.2001, Corey Anton, Selfhood and Authenticity, page 123
Examples of ecstatical in a sentence
- No less ecstatical are the miracles of Jesus , because they have been evolved out of his Messianic consciousness1933, Hilarin Felder, Christ and the Critics, page 65:
- Van Helmont conceived the blood's action as a spiritual one "which when stirred up by an ardent desire" is released as a certain ecstatical power.1973, Audrey B. Davis, Circulation Physiology and Medical Chemistry in England, 1650-1680, page 107:
- And if we believe the chronicles, Rumi himself had experienced ecstatical raptures, was able to transgress time and space, or to be present in several places at once.1993, Annemarie Schimmel, The Triumphal Sun: A Study of the Works of Jalaloddin Rumi, page 311:
- This ecstatical standpoint requires a kind of rewrapping of human beings in their constitutive envelops, links, neighbourhoods, and housing2009, Environment and Planning:, page 159:
Synonyms of ecstatical
Forms of ecstatical
| comparative | more ecstatical |
|---|---|
| superlative | most ecstatical |
Questions about ecstatical
- What does ecstatical mean?
- Ecstatical means synonym of ecstatic.
- How do you use ecstatical in a sentence?
- No less ecstatical are the miracles of Jesus , because they have been evolved out of his Messianic consciousness
- What part of speech is ecstatical?
- Ecstatical is an adjective.
Words near ecstatical in the dictionary
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