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Mormon

(môr′mən)

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noun

a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (commonly called the ), founded in the U.S. in 1830 by Joseph Smith: among its sacred books is the Book of Mormon, represented by Smith as his translation of an account of some ancient American peoples by a prophet among them named Mormon

Origin: explained by Joseph smith as more mon, more good

adjective

of the Mormons or their religion

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Mormonism noun

See Mormon in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

An ancient prophet believed to have compiled a sacred history of the Americas, which were translated and published by Joseph Smith as the Book of Mormon in 1830.
A member of the Mormon Church. Also called Latter-day Saint.

adjective

Of or relating to the Mormons, their religion, or the Mormon Church.

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