expression, godan verb (-ru)
speak in tongues
Christian term for the spiritual gift of speaking in unknown languages, as described in the New Testament.
ペンテコステの日に、弟子たちは異言を語り始めた。
On the day of Pentecost, the disciples began to speak in tongues.
From 異言 (いげん, 'strange language' or 'tongue') + を + 語る (かたる, 'to speak'). A direct translation of the Christian concept of glossolalia.