speaking in tongues

Speech parts

1. speaking in tongues - Noun

2. speaking in tongues - Verb

Meaning

speaking in tongues (uncountable)

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.

speaking in tongues

present participle of speak in tongues.

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When we were making Speaking in Tongues and Remain in Light, we were jamming. From that we were taking the best bits and then recording and improvising on top of those. Tina Weymouth

Baptism with the Holy Spirit and speaking in tongues are not generally required, though Pentecostal converts are usually encouraged to seek these experiences.sfnsfn The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life (2006). Source: Internet

Coltrane and Sanders were described by Nat Hentoff as " speaking in tongues ". Source: Internet

Commonly termed "speaking in tongues", this vocal phenomenon is believed by Pentecostals to include an endless variety of languages. Source: Internet

Different aspects of speaking in tongues appear in Acts and 1 Corinthians, such that the Assemblies of God declare that the gift in Acts "is the same in essence as the gift of tongues" in 1 Corinthians "but different in purpose and use". Source: Internet

Duffield and Van Cleave 1983, p. 341. Within Pentecostalism, there is a belief that speaking in tongues serves two functions. Source: Internet

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