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Definition of Religious trance
1. Noun. A trance induced by intense religious devotion; does not show reduced bodily functions that are typical of other trances.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Religious Trance
Literary usage of Religious trance
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature by William James (1905)
"religious trance is trance. And the moment we renounce the absurd notion that a
thing is exploded away as soon as it is classed with others, or its origin ..."
2. The Varieties of religious experience: A Study in Human Nature; Being the by William James (1902)
"religious trance is trance. And the moment we renounce the absurd notion that a
thing is exploded away as soon as it is classed with others, or its origin ..."
3. The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature by William James (1902)
"religious trance is trance. And the moment we renounce the absurd notion that a
thing is exploded away as soon as it is classed with others, or its origin ..."
4. A Philosophical Essay on Credulity and Superstition: And Also on Animal by Rufus Blakeman (1849)
"An argument derivable from the same source, and of similar application, is worthy
of consideration in an investigation of the subject of religious trance. ..."
5. A Selected Bibliography and Syllabus of the History of the South, 1584-1876 by Howard Haines Brinton, Roderick Langmere Haig-Brown, Alexander von Humboldt, John Nicol Farquhar, William Kenneth Boyd, John Washington Lockhart, Robert Reid, José López de Bustamante, Robert Preston Brooks, Jonnie (Lockhart) Wallis, Evergreen Press, F (1915)
"This he expounded to Gadadhar; and the latter proved a quick pupil. He also taught
him the highest stage of religious trance, ..."
6. Modern Religious Movements in India by John Nicol Farquhar (1915)
"This he expounded to Gadadhar; and the latter proved a quick pupil. He also taught
him the highest stage of religious trance, ..."