speaking in tongues

noun

1. a form of glossolalia in which a person experiencing religious ecstasy utters incomprehensible sounds that the speaker believes are a language spoken through them by a deity.

speaking in tongues

noun

1. another term for gift of tongues

Example Sentences

Stanton delivered regular sermons to community residents, which included exorcisms and speaking in tongues.

From BBC

To make matters worse, Solange believes she holds a special connection to the Holy Spirit that manifests by speaking in tongues.

From Los Angeles Times

The resulting sound piece, was “a kind of speaking in tongues,” as if tapping the unconscious of the city, Okoyomon added.

From New York Times

He made the claim again just the other day and his ecstatic followers practically went into a collective fugue state and began speaking in tongues they were so thrilled.

From Salon

Punk rockers are a bunch of p— compared to a church where people are speaking in tongues and throwing themselves on the ground.

From Los Angeles Times