‖ glossolalia
(ˌglɒsəʊˈlælɪə)
Also in anglicized form gloˈssolaly.
[f. Gr. γλωσσο- glosso- + -λαλία speaking, f. λαλέειν to speak.]
The faculty or practice of speaking with ‘tongues’.
| 1879 Farrar St. Paul I. 52 Those soliloquies of ecstatic spiritual emotion which were known as Glossolalia, or, ‘the Gift of Tongues’. 1882 ― Early Chr. II. 446 In Corinth the terrible abuses of glossolaly had led to outbreaks which entirely ruined the order of worship. 1898 W. S. Lilly in 19th Cent. Sept. 503 Those of the disciples who possessed that singular gift of glossolaly, or speaking with tongues. |
Hence gloˈssolalist [-ist], one who speaks with ‘tongues’.
| 1879 Farrar St. Paul II. 81 The rivalry of unmeaning sounds among the glossolalists. |
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Add: glossoˈlalic a., of, pertaining to, or characterized by glossolalia; spoken or written in ‘tongues’; also n. = glossolalist n.
| 1927 G. B. Cutten Speaking with Tongues ix. 182 At Corinth, according to Paul, as well as in modern times, the glossolalic may also be the interpreter. Ibid. 183 Evidently Le Baron's interpretation came as a whole after the glossolalic passage was concluded, whether of prose or poetry. 1961 B. R. Wilson Sects & Society i. ii. 30 The pentecostal, or more accurately the glossalalic [sic], phenomena can be traced back through various religious movements to apostolic times. 1976 Renewal Apr.–May 16/2 Does the glossolalic's exercise of heart..really differ from that of the non-glossolalic? 1978 Amer. Speech LIII. 62 Samarin notes that the articulation of glossolalic sounds is not necessarily the same as the usual pronunciation of the English phonemes. |