Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An ancient prophet believed to have compiled a sacred history of the Americas, which was translated and published by Joseph Smith as the Book of Mormon in 1830.
- noun A member of the Mormon Church.
- adjective Of or relating to the Mormons, their religion, or the Mormon Church.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In zoology, the name, generic or specific. of several animals.
- noun In entomology, an American hesperiid butterfly, Atrytone hobomok, which occurs from eastern Canada to the Mississippi valley. Its larvæ feed on grasses. Also called
hobomok skipper . - noun An adherent of a religious body in the United States, which calls itself “The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.”
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun A genus of sea birds, having a large, thick bill; the puffin.
- proper noun The mandrill.
- noun (Eccl.) A member of a sect, called the Reorganized Church of Jesus of Latterday Saints, which has always rejected polygamy. It was organized in 1852, and is represented in about forty States and Territories of the United States.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the Mormons
- proper noun (Eccl.) One of a Christian denomination (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) in the United States, followers of Joseph Smith, who professed to have found an addition to the Bible, engraved on golden plates, called the Book of Mormon, first published in 1830. The Mormons believe in polygamy, and their hierarchy of apostles, etc., has control of civil and religious matters.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun The ancient American
prophet of Mormon theology who compiled theBook of Mormon . - noun A person who belongs to the
Christian religious groups related to the religion founded by Joseph Smith, Jr., TheChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . - adjective Of, or pertaining to, the
faith established by Joseph Smith, Jr.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the ancient prophet whose writings were revealed to Joseph Smith who founded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
- noun a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
- adjective of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Mormon Church
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Examples
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The term Mormon is a nickname for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, derived from the title of our primary religious text, the Book of Mormon.
Katie Hawkes: Why There Are Mormons On Your Billboards Katie Hawkes 2011
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The Evolution of "Mormon": When do you use the term Mormon, and when the Church's name
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In that painstakingly calibrated address, he said the word Mormon all of once.
NYT > Home Page By FRANK BRUNI 2012
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Can they unite the base since the base seems to be nothing but extreme right wing Limbaugh loving zealots and the religious lot that still think being a Mormon is a cult?
Romney pushes back at Huckabee critique, takes aim at Obama 2009
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Ironic, the Mormon is the only major R candidate with only one wife.
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Don’t apply the term Mormon in reference to any polygamous groups or other splinter organization.
Essential Guide to Business Style and Usage PAUL R. MARTIN 2002
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Don’t apply the term Mormon in reference to any polygamous groups or other splinter organization.
Essential Guide to Business Style and Usage PAUL R. MARTIN 2002
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Heck, even though the Community of Christ doesn’t use the term Mormon to describe themselves, I’d consider them Mormon.
The Top Five Reasons Why I’m Not Turning in a Letter of Resignation to the Church. | Mind on Fire 2009
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"The church can't really back away from the use of the term Mormon, given the ingrained history of the term and resources the church used to establish it.
ScrippsNews SHNS 2010
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That's right: the born-again Mormon has found true religion in the reinvention of American history.
Michael Conniff: Con Games: Glenn Beck's History Lesson Michael Conniff 2010
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