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Record 1 2009-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • History of Religions
  • Musicology
DEF

... a form of ecstatic utterance, needing interpretation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Histoire des religions
  • Musicologie
DEF

Phénomène extatique dans lequel le sujet émet une série de sons ou de mots dont les auditeurs ne peuvent saisir le sens sans le concours d'un autre sujet possédant le don de l'interprétation.

OBS

Ce terme est utilisé également en musicologie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Historia de las religiones
  • Musicología
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