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speaking in tongues

American

noun

a form of glossolalia in which a person experiencing religious ecstasy utters incomprehensible sounds that the speaker believes are a language spoken through them by a deity.

speaking in tongues British

noun

another term for gift of tongues

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Stanton delivered regular sermons to community residents, which included exorcisms and speaking in tongues.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2024

To make matters worse, Solange believes she holds a special connection to the Holy Spirit that manifests by speaking in tongues.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2024

Neo-Charismatic Pentecostals, or Neo-Pentecostals, put an emphasis very much on the gifts of the Spirit: speaking in tongues, miracles, prophecy, things like that.

From Slate ● Jan. 6, 2024

Occasionally an insistent, "Ah-shondadal-i!" from an intercessor speaking in tongues rode toward us on a breeze.

From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2022

I would like to stay around for the speaking in tongues, should it occur, but the mosquitoes, worked into a frenzy by all this talk of His blood, are launching a full-scale attack.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

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