xenoglossia

Noun

Meaning

xenoglossia (uncountable)

Synonym of xenoglossy (“knowledge of a language one has never learned”).

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Parham and his early followers believed that speaking in tongues was xenoglossia, and some followers traveled to foreign countries and tried to use the gift to share the Gospel with non-English-speaking people. Source: Internet

It is neither xenoglossia nor miraculous, but rather learned behavior, possibly self-induced. Source: Internet

These believe that what the New Testament described as "speaking in tongues" was xenoglossia, a miraculous spiritual gift through which the speaker could communicate in natural languages not previously studied. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

xenogeography xenogeology Xenoglaux loweryi xenoglossic xenoglossically xenoglossophobia