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Speak in tongues

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To speak in a language unknown to the speaker, especially when in a state of religious ecstasy; glossolalia. archaic

    "And when Paul had laid [his] hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied."

  2. 2
    speak unintelligibly in or as if in religious ecstasy wordnet

Etymology

Calque of Ancient Greek ἐλάλουν τε γλώσσαις (eláloun te glṓssais)

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