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glossolalia Definition


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glossolalia
noun
    1. Unintelligible utterances, thought to form part of unknown languages, spoken while under the influence of religious excitement, and believed by Christian groups of various periods to be a sign of grace (sense 7). Compare xenoglossia.
Etymology: 19c: from Greek glossa tongue + lalia speech.



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