glossolalia.

Speechlike vocalization, often in religious practice, that is not identified as an ordinary familiar language by its listeners or analysts.

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Words that belong together

• religious glossolalia
• an episode of glossolalia

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The record described glossolalia during the ceremony without translating it.

The story’s observer heard glossolalia and admitted he could not infer its meaning.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.