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Mormonism

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Mormon Faith and Research
Mormon Beliefs Examined, Why Joseph Smith Died So Young, Ex-LDS Stories
www.4mormon.org
Book of Mormon analysis
Early 19th century sources revealed in extensive detail
amazon.com

Mor⋅mon

  [mawr-muhn]
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–noun
1. the popular name given to a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
2. See under Book of Mormon.
Related forms:
Mor⋅mon⋅ism, noun
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Mormon Faith and Research
Mormon Beliefs Examined, Why Joseph Smith Died So Young, Ex-LDS Stories
www.4mormon.org
Book of Mormon analysis
Early 19th century sources revealed in extensive detail
amazon.com
Mor·mon   (môr'mən)   
n.  

  1. 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.

  2. A member of the Mormon Church. Also called Latter-day Saint.

adj.  Of or relating to the Mormons, their religion, or the Mormon Church.
Mor'mon·ism n.
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Word Origin & History

Mormon 
1830, coined by religion founder Joseph Smith (1805-1844) in Seneca County, N.Y., in allusion to Mormon, supposed prophet and author of "The Book of Mormon," explained by Smith as meaning more mon, from Eng. more + Egyptian mon "good."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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