[Glossolalia] consists of strings of syllables, made up of sounds taken from all those that the speaker knows, put together more or less haphazardly but emerging nevertheless as word-like …

Glossolalia, utterances approximating words and speech, usually produced during states of intense religious experience. Speakers and witnesses may interpret the phenomenon as …

Glossolalia, or speaking in tongues, denotes a spiritual gift detailed in the New Testament. Its historical roots in Pentecost, its theological foundation in Paul’s letters, and its manifestations …

Apr 6, 2022 · The idea of speaking in an unintelligible language, or as ecstatic utterances (glossolalia) via spiritual experience (whether forced or not) is a late 19th-century development …

Jul 27, 2025 · Explore the biblical event of Pentecost and the miracle of speaking in tongues. Was it glossolalia, or did the disciples speak in real languages?

Glossolalia (from Greek glossaγλώσσα "tongue, language" and lalôλαλώ "speak, speaking") refers to ecstatic utterances, often as part of religious practices, commonly referred to as …

: profuse and often emotionally charged speech that mimics coherent speech but is usually unintelligible to the listener and that is uttered in some states of religious ecstasy and in some …

Speaking in tongues, or glossolalia, is a practice where individuals vocalize seemingly foreign languages without prior knowledge of those languages, often during religious services.

Dec 24, 2025 · Some writers distinguish glossolalia from xenoglossy, taking the former to mean roughly “speaking a language one does not know” and the latter to mean roughly “knowledge …

Also known as “speaking in tongues” (from the Greek glossai , “tongues, languages,” and lalein , “to speak”), this term traditionally describes the expression of profound religious experiences …