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glossolalia

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glos·so·la·li·a  (glôs-ll-, gls-)
n.
1. Fabricated and nonmeaningful speech, especially such speech associated with a trance state or certain schizophrenic syndromes.
2. See gift of tongues.
[New Latin : Greek glssa, tongue + Greek lalein, to babble.]
glossolalia
an ecstatic, usually unintelligible speech uttered in the worship services of any of several sects stressing emotionality and religious fervor. Also called speaking in tongues. — glossolalist, n.
See also: Speech
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Noun1.glossolalia - repetitive nonmeaningful speech (especially that associated with a trance state or religious fervor)
pathology - any deviation from a healthy or normal condition


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Marcus claims that a wavery but unbroken line at least two millennia old connects a startling variety of extravagant religious, literary, and musical expressions: "Little Richard's glossolalia could be traced back thousands of years to gnostic chants that moved through time till they became the sort of prayers offered by mystics like John of Leyden, after which they found their way into Pentecostal churches, where Little Richard learned the language of "Tutti Frutti'" (93).
The hammer and the Free Spirit: toward a practical heresy by Gundy, Jeff / Cross Currents
When Paul discusses glossolalia in 1 Corinthians 14, it is clear that non-Christians are present when the entire assembly gathers (1Cor 14:23-25).
Necessity is laid on me: the birth of mission in Paul by Krentz, Edgar / Currents in Theology and Mission
Mumbo Jumbo itself can, in fact, be regarded as Reed's contribution to this "future Text" and a product of Jes Grew: "the manic in the artist who would rather do glossolalia than be 'neat clean and lucid'" (211).
Crossing Western space, or the HooDoo detective on the boundary in ... by Swope, Richard / African American Review
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