speak in tongues
Utter divine gibberish
To speak in tongues is to utter sounds or words in an unknown language during religious ecstasy, believed by practitioners to be divinely inspired speech.
The phenomenon appears primarily in Pentecostal and charismatic Christian worship: The congregation began to speak in tongues during the prayer service.
Also called glossolalia.
Meaningless ecstatic speech
- charismaticCompellingly attractive to others
- revivalReturn after decline
- anointingCeremonial oil application
- spirit-filledMoved by divine presence
holiness · worship · prophecy · edification · intercession · testimony · deliverance · apostolic
Semiconscious, unresponsive condition
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- mediumMiddle size or state
- channelingDirecting flow or energy
- divinationForetelling through mystical means
shaman · prophecy · seance · clairvoyance · possession · ecstatic · vision · revelation
Unintelligible speech or writing
- babbleIncoherent speech
- incomprehensibleImpossible to understand
- unintelligibleImpossible to understand
- incoherentLacking logical connection
nonsensical · garbled · mysterious · cryptic · untranslatable
Overwhelming ecstatic feeling
- transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
- fervorIntense emotional intensity
- blissPerfect, serene felicity
- euphoriaIntense emotional high
exhilaration · sublime · heavenly · beatitude · transported · overwhelmed · uncontrollable · passionate
glossolalia
Meaningless ecstatic speech
- charismaticCompellingly attractive to others
- revivalReturn after decline
- anointingCeremonial oil application
spirit-filled · holiness · worship · prophecy · edification · intercession · testimony · deliverance · apostolic · sanctification
trance
Semiconscious, unresponsive condition
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- mediumMiddle size or state
- channelingDirecting flow or energy
divination · shaman · prophecy · seance · clairvoyance · possession · ecstatic · vision · revelation · altered state
gibberish
Unintelligible speech or writing
- babbleIncoherent speech
- incomprehensibleImpossible to understand
- unintelligibleImpossible to understand
incoherent · nonsensical · garbled · mysterious · cryptic · untranslatable
rapture
Overwhelming ecstatic feeling
- transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
- fervorIntense emotional intensity
- blissPerfect, serene felicity
euphoria · exhilaration · sublime · heavenly · beatitude · transported · overwhelmed · uncontrollable · passionate · overcome
speak in tonguesspeak plainly
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