Deseret Definition

dĕzə-rĕt
pronoun

(chiefly historical) A state, proposed in 1849 and never recognized, which would have included most of Utah and Nevada and parts of other states.

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A script, invented in Utah, conceived of as a radical reform and replacement of the Latin script, intended for writing English phonetically. Example: the word seven in Deseret is 𐑅𐐯𐑂𐐮𐑌.
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noun

(Mormonism) Honeybee(s).

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Origin of Deseret

  • From the Book of Mormon, in which the word is said to mean honey bee in the language of the Jaredites.

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Deseret Sentence Examples

  • He was professor of mathematics in the university of Deseret and wrote several books on this subject, these including Cubic and Biquadratic Equations (1866).

  • Honey was a large crop with the early settlers, who put a hive and honey-bees on the state-seal of Deseret and of Utah.

  • The university of Utah at Salt Lake City was opened in 1850 as the state university of the " state of Deseret."

  • Early in 1849 the Mormon community was organized as the state of Deseret 1 with Brigham Young as governor.

  • Deseret then comprised not only the present state of Utah, but all Arizona and Nevada, together with parts of New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming and California.

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Words Starting With

DDEDES

Words Ending With

TETRET

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Words Starting With D and Ending With T

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