gift of tongues

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Definitions of gift of tongues words

noun gift of tongues speaking in tongues. 1
noun gift of tongues an utterance, partly or wholly unintelligible, believed by some to be produced under the influence of ecstatic religious emotion and conceived to be a manifestation of the Holy Ghost: practised in certain Christian churches, usually called Pentecostal 0
noun gift of tongues a divine gift making utterances of the Apostles heard as though spoken in each of the various native languages of their hearers: Acts 2:1-13 0
noun gift of tongues glossolalia 0

before 1550

One of the 31% oldest English words

First recorded in 1550-60

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This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 6% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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