"speaking in tongues" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-|head=speaking in tongues}} speaking in tongues (uncountable)
  1. 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 Categories (topical): Talking Synonyms: glossolalia, speaking with tongues, tongues-speaking Related terms: praying in tongues, singing in tongues (english: singing in the Spirit), speak in tongues, tongue-speaker, tongue speaker, tongues-speaker, tongues speaker Translations (speaking in tongues; glossolalia): kielilläpuhuminen (Finnish), glosolalia [feminine] (Galician), Zungenreden [neuter] (German), Zungenrede [feminine] (German), Glossolalie [feminine] (German), Glottolalie [feminine] (German), Glossolalieren [neuter] (German), tungutal [neuter] (Icelandic), tungetale [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), glossolali [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), tungetale [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), glossolali [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), glosolalia [feminine] (Polish), glosolalia [feminine] (Spanish), tungomålstalande [neuter] (Swedish), tungotal [neuter] (Swedish), glossolali [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-speaking_in_tongues-en-noun-x5loidc0 Disambiguation of Talking: 75 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 58 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 62 38 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 62 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 58 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 60 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 62 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 58 42

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} speaking in tongues
  1. present participle and gerund of speak in tongues. Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: speak in tongues
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