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Glossolalia
Glossolalia meaning
Speaking a language one does not know, or speaking elaborate but apparently meaningless speech, while in a trance-like state (or, supposedly, under the influence of a deity or spirits); speaking in tongues. | Synonym of xenoglossy (“knowledge of a language one has never learned”).
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A case of glossolalia in theatre.
Duffield and Van Cleave 1983, p. 343. Besides the gift of tongues, Pentecostals may also use glossolalia as a form of praise and worship in corporate settings.
During the 1960s, the charismatic movement within the mainline Protestant churches and among charismatic Roman Catholics would adopt some Pentecostal beliefs, and the practice of glossolalia would spread to other Christian denominations.
During the 20th century, glossolalia became an important part of the identity of these religious groups.
Extreme episode of glossolalia captured in modern music.
George Barton Cutten suggested that glossolalia was a sign of mental illness.
It is conjectured that these may be transliterations of the sorts of sounds made during glossolalia.
Lastly, "praying in the spirit" is typically used to refer to glossolalia as part of personal prayer.
Non-Christian practice Other religious groups have been observed to practice some form of theopneustic glossolalia.
Poloma 1989, p. 83. This use of glossolalia is seen as an acceptable form of prayer and therefore requires no interpretation.
She became the first of many students to experience glossolalia, coincidentally in the first hours of the 20th century.
The practice of glossolalia by the Latter-day Saints was widespread but after an initial burst of enthusiastic growth circa 1830-34, seems to have been somewhat more restrained than in many other contemporary religious movements.
Therefore, he concluded that glossolalia is not "a specimen of human language because it is neither internally organized nor systematically related to the world man perceives".
The visitor to 21st Century LDS church services will never hear spontaneous, incomprehensible glossolalia as one might overhear at a Pentecostal service.
This use of glossolalia requires an interpretation so that the gathered congregation can understand the message.
While in glossolalia this often takes place in an invented language (usually made up of fragments of the author's own language), invented scripts for this purpose are rare.