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civil tongue

see keep a civil tongue in one's head.

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What Is It Called When A Person Is “Speaking In Tongues?”A person who has what is known as “the gift of tongues” is usually in the midst of religious ecstasy, trance, or delirium. The speaker — and often witnesses too — believe that they are being possessed by a supernatural spirit or channeling the language of a deity or divine being, although the words are incomprehensible otherwise. Experts call this phenomenon glossolalia, a Greek compound of the words …
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Words nearby civil tongue

civil rights act of 1964, civil rights movement, civil servant, civil service, civil society, civil tongue, civil war, civil year, civilian, civilian clothes, civilian conservation corps
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