glossolalia

(gläs′ō lālē ə, glôs′-)

noun

  1. ecstatic or apparently ecstatic utterance of usually unintelligible speechlike sounds, as in a religious assembly, viewed by some as a manifestation of deep religious experience
  2. gift of tongues

Origin: ModL < glosso- (see glosso-) + Gr lalia, a speaking < lalein, to speak, prattle, of echoic orig.

See glossolalia in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. Fabricated and nonmeaningful speech, especially such speech associated with a trance state or certain schizophrenic syndromes.
  2. See gift of tongues.

Origin:

Origin: New Latin

Origin: : Greek glōssa, tongue

Origin: + Greek lalein, to babble

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