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gift′ of tongues′. 
  1. Linguistics, ReligionSee speaking in tongues. 
  • 1550–60

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
gift of tongues
  1. 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
    Also called: glossolalia
'gift of tongues' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
glossolalia - speaking in tongues - tongue

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