speak in tongues
English
Verb
speak in tongues (third-person singular simple present speaks in tongues, present participle speaking in tongues, simple past spoke in tongues, past participle spoken in tongues)
- To speak in a language unknown to the speaker, especially when in a state of religious ecstasy; glossolalia.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981:Acts 19:6:
- And when Paul had laid [his] hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.
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Related terms
- speaking in tongues
- tongues-speaker, tongue speaker
- tongues-speaking
Translations
speak in a language unknown to the speaker
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