Definition of Entrancement

1. Noun. A feeling of delight at being filled with wonder and enchantment.

Exact synonyms: Ravishment
Generic synonyms: Delectation, Delight
Derivative terms: Entrance, Entrance, Ravish

Definition of Entrancement

1. n. The act of entrancing, or the state of trance or ecstasy.

Definition of Entrancement

1. Noun. The act of entrancing or the state of being entranced ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Entrancement

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Entrancement

entrammeling
entrammelled
entrammelling
entrammels
entrance
entrance block
entrance exam
entrance examination
entrance examinations
entrance fee
entrance hall
entrance money
entrance pupil
entranced
entranceless
entrancement (current term)
entrancements
entrances
entranceway
entranceways
entrancing
entrancingly
entrant
entrants
entrap
entrapment
entrapment neuropathy
entrapments
entrapped
entrapper

Literary usage of Entrancement

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Spiritual Magazine (1868)
"THE SPIRITUAL MAGAZINE. which is neither the accursed death of corruption nor the holy and blessed death of entrancement, but the natural and daily death of ..."

2. From Lyre to Muse: A History of the Aboriginal Union of Music and Poetry by J. Donovan (1890)
"And finally, how Beethoven seems to have succeeded in triumphing over the stress of the eve^day consciousness by extending the complete entrancement of a ..."

3. Theosophy and the Higher Life, Or, Spiritual Dynamics and the Divine and by George Wyld (1880)
"I arrived at my view from my study of entrancement, and Swedenborg did so, I presume, in his own entranced condition. I must again refer my readers to my ..."

4. Primitive Traits in Religious Revivals: A Study in Mental and Social Evolution by Frederick Morgan Davenport (1905)
"Under these conditions inhibitive control soon vanishes and entrancement in susceptible persons succeeds. The stages of these psychic processes in religious ..."

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