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a sacred book of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, believed by members of the church to be an abridgment by a prophet (Mormon) of a record of certain ancient peoples in America, written on golden plates, and discovered and translated (1827–30) by Joseph Smith.

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Mormon (ˈmɔːmən)

—n
1.	a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, founded in 1830 at La Fayette, New York, by Joseph Smith
2.	a prophet whose supposed revelations were recorded by Joseph Smith in the Book of Mormon

—*adj*
3.	of or relating to the Mormons, their Church, or their beliefs

'Mormonism

—n

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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."

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