Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: Christianity, Protestantism
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Synonyms: glossolalia, speaking with tongues, tongues-speaking
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The ability of speaking fluently a foreign language without prior learning or knowledge, supposedly under the influence of God; glossolalia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: Catholicism, Christianity
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verb
present participle and gerund of speak in tongues.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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History
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Across languages
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
