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Mormon

[ mawr-muhn ]

noun

  1. the popular name given to a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
  2. Book of Mormon


Mormon

/ ˈmɔːmən /

noun

  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


adjective

  1. of or relating to the Mormons, their Church, or their beliefs

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Derived Forms

  • ˈMormonism, noun

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Other Words From

  • Mormon·ism noun
  • non-Mormon noun adjective

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Example Sentences

To say it, openly, so boldly in a Mormon context where we dance around issues.

Lisa Patterson Butterworth, a licensed counselor based in Boise, Idaho, said other mental health professionals who are Mormon are also wondering whether they might get swept up in similar membership issues.

About 10 years ago, she became one of the few licensed sex therapists in the Mormon world.

Helfer, who has been in mental health services for 25 years, said most of her clients are Mormon or ex-Mormon, partly because they have a hard time finding a professional therapist who understands their faith and cultural background.

As Fortune detailed when we named him to our 40 Under 40 list in 2016, Smith is a lifelong Utah resident and, like the majority of Utah residents, a Mormon.

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For Randy, a 50-year-old ex-Mormon gay man, this cure was a particularly bitter pill to swallow.

Marriott, with its deep history in the Mormon faith, portrays itself as a deeply ethical institution.

Utah, USA Brigham Young was definitely onto something when he sought to build his Mormon “Zion” in the rugged hinterland of Utah.

Jessen was named a Mormon bishop, but the appointment was met with vocal protests.

Official Mormon histories about Joseph Smith may have been misleading.

After the Mormon fiasco and the evaporation of the Fieldingites, another denomination took it.

The miracles are believed in by many, but Spiritualism lags far behind the Mormon theology, and probably always will do.

Can the Christian adopt the belief that Mahometan and Mormon are both orthodox because they have faith?

Mormon had written on tablets an epitome of the annals of his ancestors, which epitome he entitled the Book of Mormon.

The Mormon guide for this end of the route, is good for nothing.

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