speaking in tongues (English, noun)
expansion: speaking in tongues (uncountable)
Senses:
topics: Christianity
Protestantism
glosses: The act of speaking a language one does not know, or speaking elaborate but apparently meaningless speech, while in a trance-like state (or, supposedly, under the influence of a deity or spirits); glossolalia.
tags: uncountable
topics: Catholicism
Christianity
glosses: The ability of speaking fluently a foreign language without prior learning or knowledge, supposedly under the influence of God; glossolalia.
tags: uncountable
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