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glossolalia

glos·so·la·li·a [ glàwssō láylee ə, glòssō láylee ə ]


noun 
Definition:
 
1. religion 
Same as  speaking in tongues


2. nonsense speech: nonsensical or invented speech, especially resulting from a trance or schizophrenia

[Late 19th century. < Greek glōssa "tongue, language, obscure word"]
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