"slay someone in the Spirit" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: slays someone in the Spirit [present, singular, third-person], slaying someone in the Spirit [participle, present], slew someone in the Spirit [past], slain someone in the Spirit [participle, past]
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  1. (Christianity) Among Pentecostal and charismatic Christians: to cause a person (through prayer, anointing, laying on of hands, etc.) to fall to the floor in religious ecstasy, attributed to the power of the Holy Spirit.
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